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authorpatmans@us.ibm.com <patmans@us.ibm.com>2004-06-26 01:18:17 -0700
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:36:21 -0700
commit062db23d5eb303ef49d2ff805381229932f44246 (patch)
treefa4bec0bad640e27afce8f676c0647476fd31348 /extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8
parentc59a72105d0ff8a47b31f1829dd3c166ebd859d0 (diff)
[PATCH] update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
This patch syncs the scsi_id in the udev tree to version 0.5.
Diffstat (limited to 'extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8')
-rw-r--r--extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.820
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8 b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8
index db3effbc45..69dd2a998a 100644
--- a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8
+++ b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ all SCSI devices that properly support page 0x80 or page 0x83.
If a result is generated it is sent to standard output, and the program
exits with a zero value. If no identifier is output, the program exits
-with a non-zero value.
+with a non\-zero value.
\fBscsi_id\fP is primarily for use by other utilities such as \fBudev\fP
that require a unique SCSI identifier.
-By default all devices are assume black listed, the \fB-g\fP option must
+By default all devices are assume black listed, the \fB\-g\fP option must
be specified on the command line or in the config file for any useful
behaviour.
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ mode, and expects the environment variable DEVPATH to specify the
corresponding sysfs device. See section below on usage with \fBudev\fP.
.TP
.BI \-b
-The default behaviour - treat the device as black listed, and do nothing
-unless a white listed device is found in the scsi_id config-file.
+The default behaviour \- treat the device as black listed, and do nothing
+unless a white listed device is found in the scsi_id config\-file.
.TP
.BI \-d "\| device\^"
Instead
of determining and creating a device node based on a sysfs dev
-entry as done for the \fB-s\fP, send SG_IO commands to
+entry as done for the \fB\-s\fP, send SG_IO commands to
\fBdevice\fP, such as \fB/dev/sdc\fP.
.TP
-.BI \-f "\| config-file"
+.BI \-f "\| config\-file"
Read configuration and black/white list entries from
-.B config-file
+.B config\-file
rather than the default
.B /etc/scsi_id.config
file.
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ Use SCSI INQUIRY VPD page code 0x80 or 0x83. The default behaviour is to
query the available VPD pages, and use page 0x83 if found, else page 0x80
if found, else nothing.
.TP
-.BI \-s "\| sysfs-device"
+.BI \-s "\| sysfs\-device"
Generate an id for the
-.B sysfs-device.
+.B sysfs\-device.
The sysfs mount point must not be included. For example, use /block/sd,
not /sys/block/sd.
.TP
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ and the results will likely not be as expected.
When in this mode, all errors and warnings are sent via syslog.
-To determine the specific value needed in a RESULT key, use the -s option,
+To determine the specific value needed in a RESULT key, use the \-s option,
for example:
.sp