From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
To: IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: hdparm-9.2 now available: w/ DCO and firmware support
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:17:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <490F4030.5030709@rtr.ca> (raw)
hdparm v9.2 is now available from sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/
New since v8.9 are:
1. Support for Device Configuration Overlay (DCO),
with the --dco-identify, --dco-freeze, and --dco-restore flags.
DCO is a feature set that enables vendors/OEMs to disable/hide
certain drive features (eg. NCQ, LBA48, ..) for whatever reason
(eg. compatibility with a specific b0rked BIOS).
This release of hdparm can display/reset DCO, but not selectively
disable features yet.
2. Support for firmware download (upgrade) using the
standard ATA DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE protocols 7 (preferred) and 3.
This is initiated via the new --fwdownload flag,
or the --fwdownload80 flag for a non-standard final packet
(needed by some vendors).
3. Fixed WorldWideName display, and added cache-size display in -I output.
4. Detect/warn of kernel driver bugs in -N output.
Eg. sata_sil24 misbehaves here in 2.6.25, but is fine in 2.6.27.
5. General fixes and tidiness in the sg16 routines.
Enjoy.
next reply other threads:[~2008-11-03 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-03 18:17 Mark Lord [this message]
2008-11-04 18:01 ` hdparm-9.2 now available: w/ DCO and firmware support Greg Freemyer
2008-11-04 18:08 ` Mark Lord
2008-11-04 18:23 ` Greg Freemyer
2008-11-04 19:13 ` Mark Lord
2008-11-04 21:04 ` Greg Freemyer
2008-11-04 21:55 ` Greg Freemyer
2008-11-05 2:34 ` Mark Lord
2008-11-04 18:05 ` hdparm-9.3 now available: --idle-immediate & --idle-unload flags Mark Lord
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