From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754665AbYBSAZz (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751022AbYBSAZo (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:44 -0500 Received: from a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:56520 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750935AbYBSAZn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:43 -0500 Message-ID: <47BA21F0.90405@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:20 -0500 From: Mark Lord Organization: Real-Time Remedies Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: IDE/ATA development list , Linux Kernel , ballen@gravity.phys.uwm.edu, Ric Wheeler Subject: hdparm-8.2 now available Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hdparm for SATA/PATA has now been updated to version 8.2. Upgrading is strongly recommended for all users. This version fixes several bugs in earlier 7.x/8.x releases that could cause issues when advanced features are attempted on devices being driven by the old drivers/ide subsystem. libata devices were unaffected, but drivers/ide devices could misbehave or even be corrupted by some operations. hdparm-8.2 is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/ Upgrading from any earlier 7.x or 8.x version is strongly recommended for all users. Cheers -- Mark Lord Real-Time Remedies Inc. mlord@pobox.com