version: 1.08 20130606 [svn: r215]

Usage: sdparm [--all] [--clear=STR] [--command=CMD] [--dbd] [--defaults] [--dummy] [--flexible] [--get=STR] [--help] [--hex] [--inquiry] [--long] [--num-desc] [--page=PG[,SPG]] [--quiet] [--readonly] [--save] [--set=STR] [--six] [--transport=TN] [--vendor=VN] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE [DEVICE...] sdparm --enumerate [--all] [--inquiry] [--long] [--page=PG[,SPG]] [--transport=TN] [--vendor=VN] where: --all | -a list all known fields for given device --clear=STR | -c STR clear (zero) field value(s) --command=CMD | -C CMD perform CMD (e.g. 'eject') --dbd | -B set DBD bit in mode sense cdb --defaults | -D set a mode page to its default values --dummy | -d don't write back modified mode page --enumerate | -e list known pages and fields (ignore device) --flexible | -f compensate for common errors, relax some checks --get=STR | -g STR get (fetch) field value(s) --help | -h print out usage message --hex | -H output in hex rather than name/value pairs --inquiry | -i output INQUIRY VPD page(s) (def: mode page(s)) use --page=PG for VPD number (-1 for std inq) --long | -l add description to field output --num-desc | -n report number of mode page descriptors --page=PG[,SPG] | -p PG[,SPG] page (and optionally subpage) number [or abbrev] to output, change or enumerate --quiet | -q suppress device vendor/product/revision string line --readonly | -r force read-only open of DEVICE (def: depends on operation). Mainly for ATA disks --save | -S place mode changes in saved page as well --set=STR | -s STR set field value(s) --six | -6 use 6 byte SCSI mode cdbs (def: 10 byte) --transport=TN | -t TN transport protocol number [or abbrev] --vendor=VN | -M VN vendor (manufacturer) number [or abbrev] --verbose | -v increase verbosity --version | -V print version string and exit View or change SCSI mode page fields (e.g. of a disk or CD/DVD drive). STR can be <acronym>[=val] or <start_byte>:<start_bit>:<num_bits>[=val].