From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Douglas Gilbert Subject: [Announce] sg3_utils-1.31 available Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:57:50 -0500 Message-ID: <4D5C809E.8010705@interlog.com> Reply-To: dgilbert@interlog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: SCSI development list Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dan_Hor=E1k?= , Ritesh Raj Sarraf , "Robin H. Johnson" , Martin Pitt , linux-kernel List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org sg3_utils is a package of command line utilities for sending SCSI and some ATA commands to devices. This package targets the linux kernel (lk) 2.6 and lk 2.4 series. It also has ports to FreeBSD, Tru64, Solaris, and Windows (cygwin and mingw). This version tracks various changes made by www.t10.org since November 2010. A new utility called sg_decode_sense has been added. For an overview of sg3_utils and downloads see this page: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html The sg_dd utility has its own page at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg_dd.html The SG_IO ioctl is discussed at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg_io.html A full changelog can be found at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils.ChangeLog A release announcement will be sent to freshmeat.net . Changelog for sg3_utils-1.31 [20110216] [svn: r386] - sg_decode_sense: new utility to decode sense data - sg_vpd: LB provisioning + Block limits pages (sbc3r26) - sync asc/ascq and version descriptors with spc4r28 - sg_get_config, sg_rmsn, sg_verify: add --readonly option - sg_lib: implement forwarded sense data descriptor - decode user data segment referral sense data descriptor - sg_lib, sg_turs, sg_format: more precision for progress indication (two places after decimal point) - sg_lib(win32): add runtime selection of SPT direct or indirect interface - sg_read_buffer+sg_write_buffer: set SPT direct - add examples/forwarded_sense.txt + examples/ref_sense.txt Changelog for sg3_utils-1.30 [20101111] [svn: r363] ... Doug Gilbert