From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mogens Valentin Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 0.92 Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:49:20 +0200 Message-ID: <4293BD80.1050503@danbbs.dk> References: <428DC633.5050403@torque.net> Reply-To: monz@danbbs.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:20004 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262174AbVEXXsm (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 19:48:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <428DC633.5050403@torque.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: dougg@torque.net Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Douglas Gilbert wrote: > sdparm is a command line utility designed to get and set > SCSI disk parameters (cf hdparm for ATA disks). More generally > it gets and sets mode page information on SCSI devices or devices > that use a SCSI command set (e.g. CD/DVD drives (any transport) > and SCSI tape drives). It also can list VPD pages including > the device identification page. > > For more information and downloads (tarball, rpm and deb > packages) see: > http://www.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html Nice! Just got it and tried on an external usb disk. One feature I could use, probably others as well: Could you add the ability to spin down/up a scsi disk? I'd really like this for exteral (usb) disks. Doesn't seem it can; if I missed it, I'm sorry.. -- Kind regards, Mogens Valentin