From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030325AbXDJCmQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:42:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030323AbXDJCmQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:42:16 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:56348 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030320AbXDJCmN (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:42:13 -0400 Message-ID: <461AF881.6080301@torque.net> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:37:53 -0400 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dougg@torque.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tomfa@debian.org, kumba@gentoo.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 1.01 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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). The parameters are held in mode pages. 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 decode VPD pages including the device identification page. Commands to start and stop the media; load and unload removable media and some other housekeeping functions are supported. sdparm supports both the linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 series with ports to FreeBSD and Windows. ChangeLog for sdparm-1.01 [20070405] - add element address assignment mode page (smc) - improve error handling in lk 2.4 series mapping to sg devices - add configure.ac rule for mingw (Windows) - include to use PRIx64 instead of %llx - add LUICLR bit to extended inquiry VPD page - correct some headers for C++ inclusion - fix some C code to compile under C++ - fix bug when unusual transport or vendor given - add a Fujitsu vendor mode page - add "initial priority" to control extension mpage - add "disconnect-reconnect" mpage to generic list; there are still transport specific versions - extend block limits VPD page (sbc3r09) - sync with sg3_utils-1.24 pass-through code For more information and downloads see: http://www.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html A release announcement has been sent to freshmeat.net . Doug Gilbert