From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: hdparm-8.2 now available Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:20 -0500 Message-ID: <47BA21F0.90405@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:56520 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750935AbYBSAZn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:43 -0500 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: IDE/ATA development list , Linux Kernel , ballen@gravity.phys.uwm.edu, Ric Wheeler hdparm for SATA/PATA has now been updated to version 8.2. Upgrading is strongly recommended for all users. This version fixes several bugs in earlier 7.x/8.x releases that could cause issues when advanced features are attempted on devices being driven by the old drivers/ide subsystem. libata devices were unaffected, but drivers/ide devices could misbehave or even be corrupted by some operations. hdparm-8.2 is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/ Upgrading from any earlier 7.x or 8.x version is strongly recommended for all users. Cheers -- Mark Lord Real-Time Remedies Inc. mlord@pobox.com