SCSI identify command

[Richard Hadsell]

Richard Hadsell wrote:
> The INQUIRY command is listed in what I assume is the original SCSI 
> standard (ANSI X3.131-1986).  It is given this notation: "Command 
> implementation is required for SCSI devices that support 
> device-independent self-configuring software."  So the standard gave 
> it somewhat more than "optional" status, implying that this would be 
> the standard way for a device to send its configuration data to the 
> driver software, if it wanted to.
>
> How soon devices and drivers started to use this is another matter.
P.S.: I just found "The SCSI Bench Reference" (c) 1989, which uses 
information from the draft SCSI-2 standard.  In this doc it indicates 
that the INQUIRY is mandatory, and it spells out the format for standard 
data and defines some types of vendor-specific Vital Product Data.

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