[arch-dev-public] [signoff] hdparm 0.8.6

[Dan McGee]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Samstag, 8. März 2008 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
>
>
> > 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
>
>  anyone for i686?

Tested only basic functionality (-i, -t, and -T), but seems to work OK
here. Signoff i686.

-Dan