Aaru.Documentation/Getting-information-from-a-physical-device.mediawiki

==Command description==
This operation will request and show all information about a physical device. For information about supported physical devices check [[Supported-devices.mediawiki|the list of supported physical devices]].

==Command usage==
<code>Aaru -d [true/false] -v [true/false] device info -h [true/false] -w [prefix] <device-path/aaru-remote-host></code>

<code>-d, --debug [true/false]</code> shows debug output ''(default false)''<br />
<code>-v, --verbose [true/false]</code> shows verbose output ''(default false)''<br />
<code>-h, --help [true/false]</code> shows help screen for the command instead of running it, ignores all other switches ''(default false)''<br />
<code>-w, --output-prefix [prefix]</code> writes binary responses from device to that prefix<br />  
<code><aaru-remote-host></code> connects to an Aaru Remote Host with aaru://<IP ADDRESS>/<DEVICE PATH><br />  

==Example==
FreeBSD: <code>Aaru device info /dev/cd0</code><br />
Linux: <code>Aaru device info /dev/sda</code><br />
Windows: <code>Aaru device info D:</code><br />

==Operating system support==
{|
! Device type
! FreeBSD
! macOS
! Linux
! Windows
|-
| SCSI Block device
| Yes
| No <ref name="macOS permissions">macOS only allows talking with MultiMedia devices</ref>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| SCSI MultiMedia device
| Yes
| Not yet <ref name="macOS users">Support for MultiMedia devices in macOS will be added if users require it</ref>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| SCSI Streaming device
| Yes
| No <ref name="macOS permissions"/>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| Parallel ATA
| No <ref name="FreeBSD bug">Not supported due to upstream bug</ref>
| No <ref name="macOS permissions"/>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| Serial ATA
| Yes
| No <ref name="macOS permissions"/>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| USB
| Partial <ref name="usb">USB descriptors are not retrieved</ref>
| Partial <ref name="macOS">Only MultiMedia devices can be supported and descriptors will not be retrieved</ref>
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| FireWire
| Partial <ref name="firewire">FireWire descriptors are not retrieved</ref>
| Partial <ref name="macOS"/>
| Yes
| Partial <ref name="firewire">FireWire descriptors are not retrieved</ref>
|-
| PCMCIA
| Partial <ref name="pcmcia">PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved</ref>
| Partial <ref name="macOS"/>
| Yes
| Partial <ref name="pcmcia">PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved</ref>
|-
| SecureDigital / MultiMediaCard
| Not yet <ref name="FreeBSD sd">Support will come with FreeBSD 12-RELEASE</ref>
| No <ref name="macOS permissions"/>
| Yes
| Untested <ref name="Windows sd">Should work, untested due to not available hardware</ref>
|}

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