From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 0.92 Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:06:38 -0400 Message-ID: References: <428DC633.5050403@torque.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:29365 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262114AbVEXPfj (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 11:35:39 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DabMB-0001Jl-VD for linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:30:11 +0200 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:30:11 +0200 Received: from davidsen by prgy-npn1.prodigy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:30:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: <428DC633.5050403@torque.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: 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 > > There are now more than 150 parameters accessed by sdparm. This has gone beyond "creeping featurism" to cavorting and gamboling featurism! ;-) I pulled a copy to try over the long weekend if not before, this looks as if it will be a valuable documentation tool, which is useful to CYA even if never used otherwise.