From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: hdparm-9.2 now available: w/ DCO and firmware support Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:17:20 -0500 Message-ID: <490F4030.5030709@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:55155 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751091AbYKCSQl (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:16:41 -0500 Received: from [10.0.0.6] (corey.localnet [10.0.0.6]) by mail.rtr.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC3394672F for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:17:21 -0500 (EST) Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: IDE/ATA development list 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.