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.Ic timestamp | .Ic timestamp | ||||
.Op device id | .Op device id | ||||
.Op generic args | .Op generic args | ||||
.Ao Fl r Oo Ns Fl f Ar format | Fl m | Fl U Oc | Fl s Ao Fl f Ar format Fl T Ar time | Fl U Ac Ac | .Ao Fl r Oo Ns Fl f Ar format | Fl m | Fl U Oc | Fl s Ao Fl f Ar format Fl T Ar time | Fl U Ac Ac | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
.Ic devtype | .Ic devtype | ||||
.Op device id | .Op device id | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
.Ic depop | |||||
.Op device id | |||||
.Op generic args | |||||
.Ao Fl l | Fl d | Fl r Ac | |||||
.Op Fl e Ar elem | |||||
.Op Fl c Ar capacity | |||||
.Nm | |||||
.Ic help | .Ic help | ||||
.Sh DESCRIPTION | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||||
The | The | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
utility is designed to provide a way for users to access and control the | utility is designed to provide a way for users to access and control the | ||||
.Fx | .Fx | ||||
CAM subsystem. | CAM subsystem. | ||||
.Pp | .Pp | ||||
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.It mmcsd | .It mmcsd | ||||
An MMC or SD device attached via a mmcsd bus | An MMC or SD device attached via a mmcsd bus | ||||
.It none | .It none | ||||
No device type reported | No device type reported | ||||
.It unknown | .It unknown | ||||
Device type is unknown | Device type is unknown | ||||
.It illegal | .It illegal | ||||
A programming error occurred | A programming error occurred | ||||
.El | |||||
.It Ic depop | |||||
Commands necessary to support the depopulation (depop) of defective elements of a device | |||||
(typically heads for hard drives) or setting capacity point (typically used on | |||||
rpokala: Is it usually a head though? Can't it just as easily be a surface of a platter which has gone… | |||||
Done Inline ActionsDon't know of any SSDs that support this :) imp: Don't know of any SSDs that support this :)
However, I'll add 'in hard drives' instead since… | |||||
flash drives). | |||||
Issues either GET PHYSICAL ELEMENT STATUS, REMOVE ELEMENT AND TRUNCATE, or RESTORE | |||||
ELEMENT AND REBUILD command to manage storage elements of a drive. | |||||
Removal or restoration of elements may take up to a day to complete. | |||||
One of the | |||||
.Fl d , | |||||
.Fl l , | |||||
or | |||||
.Fl r | |||||
options must be specified. | |||||
These options are mutually exclusive. | |||||
Only SCSI drives are supported. | |||||
Not Done Inline ActionsI see depopulation in ACS-4 spec. Structured look alike to quick look. Would be cool to support both ATA and SCSI. mav: I see depopulation in ACS-4 spec. Structured look alike to quick look. Would be cool to… | |||||
Done Inline ActionsI'll try to add it if you get me access to a drive that supports it, either now or in the future. imp: I'll try to add it if you get me access to a drive that supports it, either now or in the… | |||||
Changing the storage elements of a storage drive may result in the loss of all | |||||
data on that storage drive. | |||||
The drive may need to reinitialize after | |||||
.Fl d | |||||
or | |||||
.Fl r | |||||
commands. | |||||
The data on the drive is inaccessible until one of these commands complete. | |||||
Once one of these commands start, the drive is format corrupt until the | |||||
operation successfully completes. | |||||
While format corrupt, no read or write I/O is possible to the drive. | |||||
If the drive power cycles, it will remain format corrupt and the operation | |||||
must be restarted. | |||||
TEST UNIT READY or | |||||
.Dq camcontrol tur | |||||
can monitor an in-progress depop operation. | |||||
.Bl -tag -width 6n | |||||
.It Fl c Ar capacity | |||||
Specify the desired capacity point for the drive. | |||||
Valid only for the | |||||
.Fl d | |||||
flag. | |||||
.It Fl d | |||||
Remove the physical element from service or set the capacity point specified by the | |||||
.Fl e | |||||
or | |||||
.Fl c | |||||
flags. | |||||
The drive's capacity may be reduced by this operation. | |||||
.It Fl e Ar element | |||||
Specify the physical element to remove from service. | |||||
Valid only for the | |||||
.Fl d | |||||
flag. | |||||
.It Fl l | |||||
Report the current status of the physical elements of a drive. | |||||
.It Fl r | |||||
Restore all the eligible physical elements to service. | |||||
.El | .El | ||||
.It Ic help | .It Ic help | ||||
Print out verbose usage information. | Print out verbose usage information. | ||||
.El | .El | ||||
.Sh ENVIRONMENT | .Sh ENVIRONMENT | ||||
The | The | ||||
.Ev SCSI_MODES | .Ev SCSI_MODES | ||||
variable allows the user to specify an alternate mode page format file. | variable allows the user to specify an alternate mode page format file. | ||||
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Is it usually a head though? Can't it just as easily be a surface of a platter which has gone bad (i.e. a defect taking out lots of sectors?) Or, in the case of an SSD, the failure of an entire NAND chip?
I'd just leave off the (usually heads) entirely.