sg3_utils 1.35 - Changelog

What's new in sg3_utils 1.35:

January 19th, 2013

· sg_compare_and_write: new utility
· sg_inq+sg_vpd: block device characteristics VPD page: add product_type, WABEREQ, WACEREQ and VBULS fields
· sg_inq: more --export option changes for udev
· sg_vpd: add more rdac vendor specific vpd pages
· sg_verify: add --ebytchk option for sbc3r34 changes
· sg_stpg: --offline option: fix 'Invalid state 0xe'
· sg_ses: Door Lock element changed to Door element and abbreviation changed from 'dl' to 'do' (ses3r05)
· archive/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: upgrade to version 1.53hr
· move rescan-scsi-bus.sh to scripts directory
· sync to sbc3r34 - sg_lib: sg_ll_verify10+16 expand BYTCHK to 2 bit field
· sg_pt_win32, sg_scan(win32): changes for cygwin 1.7.17
· clean up man page summary lines

What's new in sg3_utils 1.34:

October 15th, 2012

· sg_xcopy: new dd like utility for extended copy command
· sg_copy_results: new utility for receive copy results
· sg_verify: add 16 byte cdb, bytchk (data-out buffer) and group number support
· sync to spc4r36 and sbc3r32
· sg_inq: add --export so sg_inq can replace udev's scsi_id - decode old EMC Symmetrix abuse of VPD page 0x83
· sg_vpd: decode old EMC Symmetrix abuse of VPD page 0x83
· sg_ses: increase max dpage response size to 64 KB - allow ident,locate on enclosure controller - more sanity for additional element status descriptor
· sg_sanitize: add --ause, --fail and --test=
· sg_luns: add long extended flat space addressing format
· sg_logs: add ATA pass-through results lpage (SAT-2)
· sg_rtpg: add --extended option
· sg_senddiag: list rebuild assist diag page name
· sg_pt_linux: expand DID_ (host_byte) codes - cope with a transport error plus sense data - prefer major() over MAJOR() macro
· sg_lib: fix sg_get_command_name() service actions - report sdat_ovfl bit (if set) in sense data - decode extended_copy and receive_copy service actions - decode read_buffer and write_buffer modes - decode ATA PT fixed format sense (SAT-2)
· sg_cmds_extra: add sg_ll_report_tgt_prt_grp2()
· ./configure options: - change --enable-no-linux-bsg to --disable-linuxbsg - add --disable-scsistrings to reduce utility sizes

What's new in sg3_utils 1.32:

August 4th, 2011

· A sg_sanitize utility was added.
· A major rework of the sg_ses utility was undertaken.
· SCSI (t10.org) draft standard changes were incorporated.

What's new in sg3_utils 1.31:

February 17th, 2011

· A sg_decode_sense utility was added along with additional decode logic for new SCSI sense descriptors.
· SCSI draft standard changes were incorporated.

What's new in sg3_utils 1.30:

November 15th, 2010

· This version tracks changes in the SCSI draft standards from www.t10.org since the last release of this package in April 2010.
· It adds the sg_referrals utility for the SCSI REPORT REFERRALS command.

What's new in sg3_utils 1.28:

October 5th, 2009

· Support for thin provisioning was added: sg_get_lba_status and sg_unmap plus associated log, mode, and VPD pages.
· The SCSI draft standards up until September 2009 are tracked.

What's new in sg3_utils 1.27:

April 12th, 2009

· - sg_write_same: new utility: 10, 16 and 32 byte cdb variants
· - sg_inq: sync version descriptors with spc4r18
· - add power condition VPD page
· - expand block limits VPD page (sbc3r18)
· - sg_vpd: add power condition VPD page
· - expand block limits VPD page (sbc3r18)
· - sg_map26: fix for lk 2.6.26 when CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
· is not defined
· - output cdb when verbose option given
· - correct tape minors >= 32
· - sg_dd: flock flag (does LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB)
· - switch open on input for sg device nodes: first open
· read-write and if that fails try opening read-only
· - experiment with of2=OFILE2; add conv=sparse
· - use posix_fadvise() to defeat caching of normal+block files
· when new 'nocache' flag given
· - sg_dd copied to own package called ddpt
· - sg_dd, sgm_dd, sgp_dd: accept 'count=-1' for calculate count,
· accept '-V' for version string
· - sg_get_config: add OSSC feature [mmc6r02]
· - sg_modes: add ATA power condition mode page
· - sg_logs: protocol specific (SAS) lpage sync to sas2r15
· - power condition transitions lpage (added in spc4r18)
· - extra parameters for start-stop cycle counter lpage
· - sg_format: add '--fmtpinfo=' and '--pie=' options (sbc3r18)
· - sg_readcap: more protection + thin provisioning (sbc3r18)
· - add a '--16' option for 16 byte cdb version
· - sg_persist: code clean up
· - allow '--transport-id=' argument to use space as separator
· - add '--alloc-length=' argument
· - sg_scan: (win32) new format, scsi adapter scan optional
· - sginfo: fix crash when 1024 sg device nodes (or more)
· - sg_ses: allow '--data=' argument to use space as separator
· - sg_senddiag: allow '--raw=' argument to use space as separator
· - sg_reassign: allow '--address=' argument to use space as
· separator
· - sg_wr_mode: allow '--contents=' and '--mask=' arguments to
· use space as separator
· - sg3_utils.spec: correction to configure call
· - sg_pt: add scsi_pt_open_device_flags() call
· - add scsi_pt_version() and clear_scsi_pt_obj() calls
· - clear os_err at start of do_scsi_pt()
· - add linux bsg support via runtime detection
· - sg_cmds: add sg_cmds_open_device_flags()
· - sg_cmds_extra: sg_ll_format_unit: remove rto_req argument,
· the expanded fmtpinfo argument subsumes it.
· - clearer split between Linux and Windows only code and doc
· - automake tools: change to what Ubuntu 8.10 provides
· - Ubuntu 8.10 libtool problems -> Debian 4.0