Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754098AbXJJNIi (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:08:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752180AbXJJNI3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:08:29 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:56983 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752117AbXJJNI2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:08:28 -0400 Message-ID: <470CCEA4.4020007@torque.net> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:07:48 -0400 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dougg@torque.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SCSI Mailing List CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Tomas Fasth , Kumba Subject: [ANNOUNCE] sdparm 1.02 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 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 Content-Length: 1943 Lines: 48 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 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. ChangeLog for sdparm-1.02 [20071008] - support mode page descriptors with [." type entries replaced by new syntax - support medium partition mpage (SSC) with partitions as descriptors - append relative target port identifier to SAS target port address with '-iq' option - add solaris port - place vendor specific data in sdparm_data_vendor.c - in the absence of an explicit transport or vendor, and if no match on mode page name or field, then try SAS transport - add block device characteristics VPD page - add protocol-specific logical unit information VPD page (SAS) - use new sg_lib sg_get_num_nomult() - place source in subversion repository - use svn:externals property to point to sg3_utils' include/ and lib/ directories - move some files around (e.g. sdparm.8 to doc/) For more information and downloads see: http://www.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html A release announcement has been sent to freshmeat.net . 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/