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NAME
       piscsi - Emulates SCSI devices using the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins

SYNOPSIS
       piscsi  [-F  FOLDER] [-L LOG_LEVEL[:ID:[LUN]]] [-P ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE] [-R SCAN_DEPTH] [-h] [-n VENDOR:PRODUCT:REVISION] [-p
       PORT] [-r RESERVED_IDS] [-n TYPE] [-v] [-z LOCALE] [-IDn:[u] FILE] [-HDn[:u] FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       piscsi emulates SCSI devices using the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins.

       In the arguments to PiSCSI, one or more SCSI (-IDn[:u]) devices can be specified.  The number (n) after the ID or HD  iden‐
       tifier  specifies  the ID number for that device. The optional number (u) specifies the LUN (logical unit) for that device.
       The default LUN is 0.  For SCSI: The ID is limited from 0-7. However, typically SCSI ID 7 is reserved for  the  "initiator"
       (the host computer). The LUN is limited from 0-31.

       PiSCSI will determine the type of device based upon the file extension of the FILE argument.
           hd1: SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable, SCSI-1)
           hds: SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable)
           hdr: SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, removable)
           hdn: SCSI Hard Disk image (NEC compatible - only used with PC-98 computers)
           hdi: SCSI Hard Disk image (Anex86 proprietary - only used with PC-98 computers)
           nhd: SCSI Hard Disk image (T98Next proprietary - only used with PC-98 computers)
           hda: SCSI Hard Disk image (Apple compatible - typically used with Macintosh computers)
           mos: SCSI Magneto-Optical image (generic - typically used with NeXT, X68000, etc.)
           iso: SCSI CD-ROM or DVD-ROM image (ISO 9660 image)

       For example, if you want to specify an Apple-compatible HD image on ID 0, you can use the following command:
           sudo piscsi -ID0 /path/to/drive/hdimage.hda

       Note: PiSCSI is a fork of RaSCSI. The two cannot be run in parallel on the same system.

       Once PiSCSI starts, it will open a socket (default port is 6868) to allow external management commands.  If another process
       is using this port, PiSCSI will terminate, since it is likely another instance of PiSCSI or RaSCSI.  Once PiSCSI  has  ini‐
       tialized, the scsictl utility can be used to send commands.

       To quit PiSCSI, press Control + C. If it is running in the background, you can kill it using an INT signal.

OPTIONS
       -b BLOCK_SIZE
              The optional block size, either 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096 bytes. Default size is 512 bytes.

       -F FOLDER
              The default folder for image files. For files in this folder no absolute path needs to be specified. The initial de‐
              fault folder is '~/images'.

       -L LOG_LEVEL[:ID:[LUN]]
              The piscsi log level (trace, debug, info, warn, err, off). The default log level is 'info' for all devices unless  a
              particular device ID and an optional LUN was provided.

       -P ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE
              Enable authentication and read the access token from the specified file. The access token file must be owned by root
              and must be readable by root only.

       -R SCAN_DEPTH
              Scan for image files recursively, up to a depth of SCAN_DEPTH. Depth 0 means to ignore any folders  within  the  de‐
              fault image filder. Be careful when using this option with many sub-folders in the default image folder. The default
              depth is 1.

       -h     Show a help page.

       -n VENDOR:PRODUCT:REVISION
              Set the vendor, product and revision for the device, to be returned with the INQUIRY data. A complete  set  of  name
              components  must  be  provided. VENDOR may have up to 8, PRODUCT up to 16, REVISION up to 4 characters. Padding with
              blanks to the maxium length is automatically applied. Once set the name of a device cannot be changed.

       -p PORT
              The piscsi server port, default is 6868.

       -r RESERVED_IDS
              Comma-separated list of IDs to reserve. Pass an empty list in order to not reserve anything.  -p TYPE  The  optional
              case-insensitive device type (SAHD, SCHD, SCRM, SCCD, SCMO, SCBR, SCDP, SCLP, SCHS). If no type is specified for de‐
              vices that support an image file, piscsi tries to derive the type from the file extension.

       -v     Display the piscsi version.

       -z LOCALE
              Overrides the default locale for client-faces error messages. The client can override the locale.

       -IDn[:u] FILE
              n is the SCSI ID number (0-7). u (0-31) is the optional LUN (logical unit). The default LUN is 0.

              FILE is the name of the image file to use for the SCSI device. For devices that do not support an image file  (SCBR,
              SCDP,  SCLP,  SCHS) the filename may have a special meaning or a dummy name can be provided. For SCBR and SCDP it is
              an  optioinal  prioritized  list  of  network  interfaces,  an  optional  IP  address  and  netmask,  e.g.   "inter‐
              face=eth0,eth1,wlan0:inet=10.10.20.1/24".  For  SCLP it is the print command to be used and a reservation timeout in
              seconds, e.g. "cmd=lp -oraw %f:timeout=60".

              FILE is the name of the image file to use for the SCSI device.

EXAMPLES
       Launch PiSCSI with no emulated drives attached:
          piscsi

       Launch PiSCSI with an Apple hard drive image as ID 0 and a CD-ROM as ID 2
          piscsi -ID0 /path/to/harddrive.hda -ID2 /path/to/cdimage.iso

       Launch PiSCSI with a removable SCSI drive image as ID 0 and the raw device file /dev/hdb (e.g. a USB stick) and a DaynaPort
       network adapter as ID 6:
          piscsi -ID0 -t scrm /dev/hdb -ID6 -t scdp daynaport

       To create an empty, 100MiB HD image, use the following command:
          dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/newimage.hda bs=512 count=204800

       In case the fallocate command is available a much faster alternative to the dd command is:
          fallocate -l 104857600 /path/to/newimage.hda

SEE ALSO
       scsictl(1), scsimon(1), scsidump(1)

       Full documentation is available at: <https://www.piscsi.com>

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