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SG_SAT_PHY_EVENT(8)		    SG3_UTILS		     SG_SAT_PHY_EVENT(8)

NAME
     sg_sat_phy_event  -  use  ATA  READ LOG EXT via a SAT pass-through to fetch
     SATA phy event counters

SYNOPSIS
     sg_sat_phy_event  [--ck_cond]  [--extend]	 [--help]   [--hex]   [--ignore]
     [--len={16|12}] [--raw] [--reset] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION
     This utility sends an ATA READ LOG EXT with the log page ("address") set to
     11h to DEVICE and outputs the response. Log page 11h is defined in the SATA
     2.5 standard and contains phy event counters. Rather than send this command
     directly  to  the DEVICE, are sent via a SCSI transport which is assumed to
     contain a SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) Layer (SATL). The SATL may be in an
     operating system driver, in host bus adapter firmware or in  some	external
     enclosure.

     The  SAT  standard  (SAT  ANSI INCITS 431-2007, prior draft: sat-r09.pdf at
     www.t10.org) defines two SCSI "ATA PASS-THROUGH" commands: one using  a  16
     byte "cdb" and the other with a 12 byte cdb. This utility defaults to using
     the  16  byte  cdb  variant.  SAT-2  is  also a standard: SAT-2 ANSI INCITS
     465-2010 and the draft prior to that is sat2r09.pdf . The SAT-3 project has
     started and the most recent draft is sat3r01.pdf .

OPTIONS
     Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.

     -c, --ck_cond
	    sets the CK_COND bit in the ATA PASS-THROUGH SCSI cdb.  The  default
	    setting  is  clear	(i.e. 0). When set the SATL should yield a sense
	    buffer containing a ATA Result descriptor  irrespective  of  whether
	    the  command  succeeded  or  failed. When clear the SATL should only
	    yield a sense buffer containing a ATA Result descriptor if the  com-
	    mand failed.

     -e, --extend
	    sets  the  EXTEND  bit in the ATA PASS-THROUGH SCSI cdb. The default
	    setting is clear (i.e. 0). When set a 48 bit LBA command is sent  to
	    the device. This option has no effect when --len=12.

     -h, --help
	    outputs  the usage message summarizing command line options then ex-
	    its. Ignores DEVICE if given.

     -H, --hex
	    outputs the ATA READ LOG EXT response in  hex.  The  default  action
	    (i.e.  without  any  '-H' options) is to output the response in hex,
	    grouped in 16 bit words (i.e. the ATA standard's preference).   When
	    given once, the response is output in ASCII hex bytes (i.e. the SCSI
	    standard's	preference). When given twice (i.e. '-HH') the output is
	    in hex, grouped in 16 bit words, the same as the default but without
	    a header.

     -i, --ignore
	    usually the phy counter identifier names are decoded. When this  op-
	    tion  is  given,  the numeric value of the identifier is output, the
	    vendor flag, the data length (in bytes) and the corresponding value.

     -l, --len={16|12}
	    this is the length of the SCSI cdb used  for  the  ATA  PASS-THROUGH
	    commands.	The  argument can either be 16 or 12. The default is 16.
	    The larger cdb size is needed for 48 bit LBA addressing of	ATA  de-
	    vices.  On	the  other  hand some SCSI transports cannot convey SCSI
	    commands longer than 12 bytes.

     -r, --raw
	    output the ATA READ LOG EXT response in binary. The output should be
	    piped to a file or another utility when this option  is  used.   The
	    binary is sent to stdout, and errors are sent to stderr.

     -R, --reset
	    reset  the	counters  after the current values are returned, decoded
	    and displayed.

     -v, --verbose
	    increases the level or verbosity.

     -V, --version
	    print out version string

NOTES
     The SCSI ATA PASS-THROUGH (12) command's opcode is 0xa1 and it clashes with
     the MMC set's BLANK command used by cd/dvd writers. So a SATL in  front  of
     an  ATAPI device that uses MMC (i.e. has peripheral device type 5) probably
     should treat opcode 0xa1 as a BLANK command and  send  it	through  to  the
     cd/dvd  drive.  The  ATA PASS-THROUGH (16) command's opcode (0x85) does not
     clash with anything so it is a better choice.

     In the 2.4 series of Linux kernels the DEVICE must be a SCSI  generic  (sg)
     device.  In  the  2.6  series block devices (e.g. disks and ATAPI DVDs) can
     also be specified. For example "sg_inq /dev/sda" will work in the	2.6  se-
     ries  kernels.  From lk 2.6.6 other SCSI "char" device names may be used as
     well (e.g. "/dev/st0m"). Prior to lk 2.6.29 USB mass storage limited  sense
     data  to 18 bytes which made the --ck_cond option yield strange (truncated)
     results.

EXIT STATUS
     The exit status of sg_sat_identify is 0 when it  is  successful.  Otherwise
     see the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHOR
     Written by Douglas Gilbert

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Douglas Gilbert
     This software is distributed under a BSD-2-Clause license. There is NO war-
     ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     sg_sat_identify,sg_sat_read_gplog(sg3_utils),
     smp_rep_phy_err_log(smp_utils),sdparm(sdparm),hdparm(hdparm)

sg3_utils-1.46			    July 2020		     SG_SAT_PHY_EVENT(8)

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