# INQUIRY product identification field. Per the SCSI INQUIRY, the vendor
# is limited to 8 bytes, model to 16 bytes.
#
-# The first maching line found is used. Short matches match longer ones,
+# The first matching line found is used. Short matches match longer ones,
# if you do not want such a match space fill the extra bytes. If no model
# is specified, only the vendor string need match.
#
-# The "option" line is searched when scsi_id first starts up (for use with
-# hotplug during boot).
+# The "options" line is searched for when scsi_id starts up, and is
+# primarily for use with hotplug.
#
# options=<any scsi_id command line options>
#
# vendor=string[,model=string],options=<per-device scsi_id options>
#
-# If you normally don't need id's, black list everyone:
+# If you normally don't need scsi id's, or might be attaching devices of
+# an unknown functionality, black list everyone. This is the default
+# behaviour (if no -b or -g is specified).
#
options=-b
#
vendor=someone, model=nicedrive, options=-g
-# If you have all good devices on your system use, mark all as good:
+# If you know all the scsi devices on your system support valid id's,
+# remove the options=-b line, and mark all devices as good:
## options=-g
# Then black list any offenders. Missing entries here could be dangerous
-# if you rely on the id for naming or multi-path configuration!
+# if you rely on the id for persistent naming or multi-path configuration.
## vendor=ELBONIA, model=borken, options=-b