Index: uspace/lib/scsi/src/spc.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/scsi/src/spc.c	(revision 0feaae499ef0f72ed8da9eb641f673fab5cbaf7d)
+++ uspace/lib/scsi/src/spc.c	(revision 40cdbecbb00c24e72ac96b7b0350aa443cd5853e)
@@ -44,4 +44,21 @@
 };
 
+const char *scsi_sense_key_str[SCSI_SK_LIMIT] = {
+	[SCSI_SK_NO_SENSE]		= "No Sense",
+	[SCSI_SK_RECOVERED_ERROR]	= "Recovered Error",
+	[SCSI_SK_NOT_READY]		= "Not Ready",
+	[SCSI_SK_MEDIUM_ERROR]		= "Medium Error",
+	[SCSI_SK_HARDWARE_ERROR]	= "Hardware Error",
+	[SCSI_SK_ILLEGAL_REQUEST]	= "Illegal Request",
+	[SCSI_SK_UNIT_ATTENTION]	= "Unit Attention",
+	[SCSI_SK_DATA_PROTECT]		= "Data Protect",
+	[SCSI_SK_BLANK_CHECK]		= "Blank Check",
+	[SCSI_SK_VENDOR_SPECIFIC]	= "Vendor-specific",
+	[SCSI_SK_COPY_ABORTED]		= "Copy Aborted",
+	[SCSI_SK_ABORTED_COMMAND]	= "Aborted Command",
+	[SCSI_SK_VOLUME_OVERFLOW]	= "Volume Overflow",
+	[SCSI_SK_MISCOMPARE]		= "Miscompare"
+};
+
 /** Get peripheral device type string.
  *
@@ -53,6 +70,21 @@
 {
 	if (dev_type >= SCSI_DEV_LIMIT || scsi_dev_type_str[dev_type] == NULL)
-		return "<unknown>";
+		return "Unknown";
 
 	return scsi_dev_type_str[dev_type];
 }
+
+/** Get sense key string.
+ *
+ * Return string description of SCSI sense key.
+ * The returned string is valid indefinitely, the caller should
+ * not attempt to free it.
+ */
+const char *scsi_get_sense_key_str(unsigned sense_key)
+{
+	if (sense_key >= SCSI_SK_LIMIT || scsi_sense_key_str[sense_key] == NULL)
+		return "Unknown";
+
+	return scsi_sense_key_str[sense_key];
+}
+