sg3-utils, version 1.44, was recently uploaded to Debian. This new upstream release has happened almost 2.5 years after the last release. One important feature to emphasize about is some support for NVMe disks, which are now getting more common on latest range of laptops.
rrs@priyasi:~$ sudo sg_inq /dev/nvme0
[sudo] password for rrs:
Identify controller for /dev/nvme0:
Model number: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Serial number: ES82N092210402J4U
Firmware revision: 80003E00
Version: 1.2
Optional admin command support:
Device self-test
Firmware download and commit
Format NVM
Security send and receive
Optional NVM command support:
Save and Select fields non-zero
Dataset management
Write uncorrectable
Compare
PCI vendor ID VID/SSVID: 0x1c5c/0x1c5c
IEEE OUI Identifier: 0xace42e
Controller ID: 0x1
Number of namespaces: 1
Maximum data transfer size: 32 pages
Namespace 1 (of 1):
Namespace size/capacity: 1000215216/1000215216 blocks
Namespace utilization: 765481168 blocks
EUI-64: 0xace42e8170034999
Number of LBA formats: 2
Index LBA size: 0
LBA format 0 support: <-- active
Logical block size: 512 bytes
Approximate namespace size: 512 GB
Metadata size: 0 bytes
Relative performance: Best [0x0]
LBA format 1 support:
Logical block size: 4096 bytes
Approximate namespace size: 0 GB
Metadata size: 0 bytes
Relative performance: Best [0x0]
More details are available on the upstream page. Here’s the snippet for NVMe disks support.
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Some tweaks, fixes and enhancements in
current modules. Extending {black,white}list of devices to types other than
USB. Listing of devices by their devtype attribute.