Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261416AbVETLMz (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 07:12:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261412AbVETLMz (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 07:12:55 -0400 Received: from zorg.st.net.au ([203.16.233.9]:26037 "EHLO borg.st.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261376AbVETLMt (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 07:12:49 -0400 Message-ID: <428DC633.5050403@torque.net> Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 21:12:51 +1000 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dougg@torque.net User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.3 (X11/20050513) 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 0.92 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 Content-Length: 1622 Lines: 42 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. Thanks to Kai Makisara for interface and sanity checking suggestions. ChangeLog for sdparm-0.92 [20050520] - add data compression and device configuration mode pages (ssc3) - add timeout + protect plus write parameters mode pages (mmc5) - add XOR control mode page (sbc2) - add SES management mode page (ses2) - discriminate mode pages based on device's peripheral device type - disallow set/clear acronyms whose pdt doesn't match current device - with option "-ll" decode more of INQUIRY standard response - improve error checking when getting non-existent fields - use double fetch technique when fetching mode pages - add RBC device parameters mode page (rbc) - add '--flexible' option for mode sense 6/10 response mixup - '--inquiry -all' now outputs supported VPD pages page Doug Gilbert - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/