Begin4 Title: hdparm Version: 9.43 Entered-date: 2012-11-15 Description: hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives. v9.43 rearrange flag execution so that the idle/standby/sleep "now" flags are executed last. v9.42 lots of fixes from the sourceforge queue v9.41 updated SCT identification, other small fixes. v9.40 internal release v9.39 Added -R, courtesy of Gordan Bobic v9.38 Added -J, fixed erase timeouts, updated wiper.sh v9.37 Enable --fibmap to work on RAID1; other tweaks v9.36 manpage updates, wiper.sh version 3.1 v9.35 Fixed CDB breakage from v9.34; -B works again now v9.34 Fixed CDB transfer length bug that affected some commands v9.33 Fixed AHCI issues; fixed compilation on older systems v9.32 Fixed various commands broken since 9.27. Eg. -B, -M, etc.. v9.31 Fixed security-erase issues; changed default of --user-master to user v9.30 Restrict LBA range counts for TRIM to what the drive reports it can handle v9.29 Assorted fixes, updated wiper.sh, made trim compatible with many more SSDs v9.28 Assorted fixes, updated wiper.sh v9.27 Fix compatibility with old IDE drivers; was broken for many versions now v9.26 Fix old -i model-name bug; fixed --security-erase-enhanced; other fixes v9.25 Limit --trim-sector-ranges-stdin to max_sectors_kb per TRIM command v9.24 Fixed nasty malloc() bug in --trim-sector-ranges code v9.23 Added --trim-sector-ranges-stdin flag v9.22 Workaround ext4 FEIMAP bug, revamped wiper.sh with xfs support v9.21 Fixes and speedups to wiper.sh script; no changes to hdparm itself v9.20 Reworked --trim-sector-ranges; replaced b0rked wiper scripts with wiper.sh v9.19 Fixed compile of fallocate.c on older systems; fixed manpage for --fallocate v9.18 Fixed -E (set streaming) for DVD drives v9.17 Lots of changes to support SSD TRIM functionality v9.16 Fixed/tested --fwdownload flags; fixed other bugs v9.15 Fix big-endian bugs v9.14 Show TRIM support in -I; use O_RDONLY when opening the device v9.13 Fix --direct for arch's other than x86 (eg. arm); strip -i strings v9.12 Lots of -I updates, -C updates; -B now reports current APM setting v9.11 Fixed -I for ATAPI; added --prefer-ata12 for some USB enclosures v9.10 Fixes for CF card detection/reporting v9.9 Recalculate cyls when kernel returns a truncated value v9.8 FIX -N for non-LBA48 drives v9.7 FIX LBA28/48 BUGS, favour ATA_12 over ATA_16 when possible (helps with USB) v9.6 fix -N for 1.5TB drives v9.5 byteswap ID strings in fwdownload workarounds v9.4 nuked --fwdownload80 in favour of model-specific workarounds v9.3 new --idle-immediate and --idle-unload commands v9.2 fix WWN (worldwide name) output from -I v9.1 tidy output of --dco-identify, update manpage v9.0 new --dco-* and --fwdownload flags, sg16 fixes, updated debian subdir v8.9 make compatible with /sys/block symlinks v8.8 bug fixes from v8.7, including -r, -a, -Q v8.7 new sysfs support, fibmap, misc fixes v8.6 add partition safeguards to r/w/b sector flags v8.5 fix broken --security-* commands (buggy passwd in all prior 8.x versions) v8.4 fix broken --write-sector from v8.3 v8.3 use exit(errno) on program completion; fix udma6 display for -i v8.2 fixed sector ops (and other stuff) to work with non-libata IDE driver again v8.1 fixed -U, updated -I info v8.0 some fixes, lots of new features (eg. --make-bad-sector and friends) v7.7 fixed bug with incorrect settings shown after -W0 (and others) v7.6 new -F flag; re-allow use of --security-freeze with other flags v7.5 beef up warnings for -s1: Joe User should never use this flag! v7.4 added CFA advanced timing info v7.3 fixed version number; much better SAT compliance v7.2 fixed breakage when used with old IDE driver v7.1 big-endian fixes for -I, --Istdin, --Istdout v7.0 major overhaul, proper SATA support, new features and tweaks v6.9 --Istdin fix, new -s flag, new SCT reporting, fixed -T x2 error.. v6.8 improve parsing/operation of --Istdin function v6.7 misc fixes, new -H flag, fixed -C flag v6.6 fix build on Redhat/Fedora v6.5 fix -I bugs introduced in v6.4 v6.4 major update for -I, bug fix for -C v6.3 report ATA revisions > 7 v6.2 major rework of ATA Security Commands v6.1 bug fix for BLKGETSIZE v6.0 bug fix for BLKGETSIZE64; new ATA Security Commands v5.9 bug fix: -W1/-W0 now work again v5.8 minor fixes v5.7 bug fixes, --direct flag (O_DIRECT), other enhancements v5.6 cleanups, new "-Istdout" flag, removed MAJOR-nr restrictions v5.5 added debian scripts, minor fixes v5.4 lots of fixes/updates, new timing measurement code v5.3 endian fixes, other stuff v5.2 compile fixes for 2.5.xx v5.1 fixed segfault in "-i" on older drives v5.0 lots of updates and new features v4.9 fixed compile error with 2.5.xx kernels v4.8 changed -Q to allow specifying queue depth v4.7 added -z, -Q, -M flags; expanded parm range for -p v4.6 manpage updates, version number corrections v4.5 cleanups, mostly courtesy of Maciej W. Rozycki v4.4 added -b option get/set bus state v4.3 use unsigned format for most stuff v4.2 lots of updates, rewritten -I option v4.0 no such version ever released v3.9 support for ide[6-9], more cosmetics v3.8 added -E, -R, and -U options; cosmetic fixes v3.7 added UDMA mode display v3.6 mostly cosmetic fixes, xt & ide4+ide5 support v3.5 fixed udma display/compile for older kernels v3.4 mostly cosmetic updates v3.3 add -C, -y, -Y flags for power management v3.2 flush buffer cache after -t or -T v3.1 add support for "-p[6789]" v3.0 move cache timings to new -T option v2.9 update author's email addr; document -I option v2.8 some fixes; removed "Estimating raw driver speed" from -t v2.7 fixed "hdparm -c" (broke in 2.6); fixed .lsm file v2.6 added "-p" flag to set IDE interface chipset PIO modes v2.5 cosmetic fixes, manpage clarifications v2.4 added support for -d (DMA) flag v2.3 added runtime flags for 32-bit mode; fixed -t for SCSI. v2.0 adds zillions of features for the new (E)IDE driver Keywords: ide eide ata atapi performance kernel cd cdrom disk device driver Author: mlord@pobox.com (Mark Lord) Maintained-by: mlord@pobox.com (Mark Lord) Primary-site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/ Alternate-site: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/hardware 127K hdparm-9.43.tar.gz 4K hdparm.lsm Platforms: Linux Copying-policy: BSD License End
