From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261378AbVG1Neo (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:34:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261395AbVG1Neo (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:34:44 -0400 Received: from zorg.st.net.au ([203.16.233.9]:14212 "EHLO borg.st.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261378AbVG1Nem (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:34:42 -0400 Message-ID: <42E8DF06.50201@torque.net> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:35:02 +1000 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dougg@torque.net User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050720) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 0.94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org sdparm is a command line utility designed to get and set SCSI device parameters (cf hdparm for ATA disks). Apart from SCSI devices (e.g. disks, tapes and enclosures) sdparm can be used on any device that uses a SCSI command set. Virtually all CD/DVD drives use the SCSI MMC set irrespective of the transport. sdparm also can list VPD pages including the device identification page. sdparm can be used in both the lk 2.4 and 2.6 series. The major addition in version 0.94 is a set of commands mainly for devices with removable media: eject, load, ready, start, stop and unlock. For more information and downloads see: http://www.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html ChangeLog for sdparm-0.94 [20050728] - add CD/DVD (MM) capabilities and mechanical status mode page - add Background medium scan (SBC-2 pending) mode subpage - add '--command=' option with these s: ready, start, stop, load, eject and unlock - add decoding for SCSI Ports VPD page - updated to automake version 1.9.5 - copy of sdparm.html placed in doc directory Doug Gilbert