From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757174Ab0DNW7s (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:59:48 -0400 Received: from smtp.infotech.no ([82.134.31.41]:53222 "EHLO elrond.infotech.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757126Ab0DNW7q (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:59:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4BC648DC.4060007@interlog.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:59:40 -0400 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dgilbert@interlog.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SCSI development list CC: linux-kernel , Tomas Fasth , Martin Pitt , kumba@gentoo.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dan_H?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?or=E1k?= Subject: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 1.05 available Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Almost all CD/DVD/BD 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, Solaris, Tru64 and Windows. The version tracks changes in draft standards from www.t10.org since October 2009. Starting with this version if libsgutils2 from the sg3_utils package (version 1.29) is available during the sdparm build then the executable will depend on that shared object. ChangeLog for sdparm-1.05 [20100413] [svn: r149] - add '--readonly' option especially for '-C start' and '-C stop' on ATA disks. - Control mode page updates (spc4r23) - add Control data protection mode page (ssc4r01) - block device characteristics VPD page: decode form factor - extended inquiry VPD page: activate_microcode+r_sup (spc4r23) - Automation device serial number and Data transfer device element address VPD pages (ssc4r01) - add SBC Referrals VPD page (sbc3r22) - expand SBC Thin provisioning VPD page (sbc3r22) - expand SBC Block limits VPD page (sbc3r22) - SAS-2.1 specification split, upper layers placed in SPL - add enable_slumber and enable_partial fields to Enhanced phy control mode page - add AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to configure.ac to lessen build issues - build infrastructure change to use libsgutils2 if available ChangeLog for sdparm-1.04 [20090920] [svn: r129] .... For more information and downloads see: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html A release announcement will be sent to freshmeat.net . Doug Gilbert