[arch-dev-public] [signoff] hdparm 0.8.6
Aaron Griffin
aaronmgriffin at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 18:01:04 EST 2008
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi
> version bump please signoff both arches
> hdparm-8.6
> - add partition safeguards to r/w sector and make_bad_sector
> hdparm-8.5
> - fix u8->u16 bug in security commands for all of 8.x series, Christian
> Franke
> - try and quiet errors from flush_buffer_cache()
> hdparm-8.4
> - oops: v8.3 broke --write-sector. Fix it again.
> hdparm-8.3
> - fixed -i display for udma6
> - try and exit with errno on fail paths, from Ladislav Michnovic
> hdparm-8.2
> - clear feat register for safety with SET_MAX_ADDRESS command
> - add note to manpage regarding possible -N transient failures
> - IDE_TASKFILE bug fixes and cleanups: works with old IDE driver now
> - fix misreporting of dma modes on some SATA-ATAPI bridged drives
> hdparm-8.1
> - fixed -U parameter bug
> - added ATA8 minor revision info to -I, courtesy of chrfranke
> - added WorldWideNumber to -I, courtesy of Raksac
> hdparm-8.0
> - added --make-bad-sector to deliberately create a media error
> - added --write-sector (aka. --repair-sector) to repair a media error
> - added --read-sector to test for a media error
> - Makefile dependency tweaks
> - added -N (get/set max address/HPA) flag, courtesy of Jakub Bogusz
> - fixed LBAsects output from -i to use LBA48 values when available
> - fixed alternate opcode for SLEEPNOW
> - lots of changes/fixes to sgio.c to support more commands
> - add detection of buggy Sandisk 16MB CF card
> - fixed tf_to_lba() bug, courtesy of Jakub Bogusz
Didn't spend a huge amount of time testing, but I'll sign off x86_64
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