From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 21:15:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52055558 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.infotech.no (smtp.infotech.no [82.134.31.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE867EF for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.infotech.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EF020416D; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:15:49 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.6.6 (20110518) (Debian) at infotech.no Received: from smtp.infotech.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.infotech.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FunZXPzMNJuy; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:15:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.48.86] (host-192.252-174-100.dyn.295.ca [192.252.174.100]) by smtp.infotech.no (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B5B9A2041BD; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:15:46 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <546A657A.1040903@interlog.com> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:15:38 -0500 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dgilbert@interlog.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-scsi Subject: [Announce] sg3_utils-1.40 available plus other betas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:15:56 -0000 sg3_utils is a package of command line utilities for sending SCSI and some ATA commands to devices. Although written for Linux, almost all utilities are ported to FreeBSD. There are also ports to Solaris, Windows (cygwin and MinGW) and Tru64. In version 1.40 there are three new utilities and major additions to several others, see the ChangeLog below. For an overview of sg3_utils and downloads see this page: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html The sg_ses utility (for enclosure devices) is discussed at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg_ses.html A full changelog can be found at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils.ChangeLog Changelog for sg3_utils-1.40 [20141110] [svn: r620] - sg_write_verify: new utility for WRITE AND VERIFY - sg_ses_microcode: new utility - sg_sat_read_gplog: new utility - sg_senddiag: add --maxlen= option - sg_copy_results: correct response length calculations - sg_format: make '-FFF' bypass mode sense/select - add --mode=MP to supply alternate mode page, default remains read-write error recovery mpage - output unit serial number and LU name prior to - sg_inq: expand Block limits VPD page output - fix --cmddt output if not supported by device - more sanity checks on vendor supplied fields - sg_vpd: add --all option - more TPC VPD page decoding - add zoned block device characteristics page - more sanity checks on vendor supplied fields - sg_ses: fix problem with --index=sse (and ssc) - mask status element before using as control - defeat previous item with --mask (ignore) option - SAS connector status element: add overcurrent bit - handle element descriptor names that count a trailing NULL - add --warn option mainly for broken joins - add optional descriptions to -ee output - sync with ses3r07 - sg_sanitize: add --desc and --zero options - output unit serial number and LU name prior to - sg_rep_zones: corrections, sync with zbc-r01c - sg_persist: split help into two pages, '-hh' for 2nd - sg_logs: refine tape drive output - sg_raw: with -vvv decode T10 CDB name - do not output/print data-in if error - sg_opcodes: add --compact field - sg_senddiag: add --page=PG option - sg_reset: add words for EAGAIN from reset ioctl - sg_sat_*: mention t_type and multiple_count fields - win32: sg_scan: handle larger configurations - sg_lib: trim trailing spaces in dStrHex() and friends - sg_lib_data: sync asc/ascq codes with T10 20140924 - clean up service action string functions - sg_ll_unmap_v2(): fix group number - sg_ll_inquiry(), sg_ll_mode_sense*(), sg_ll_log_sense(): use resid to clear unfilled data-in buffer - sg_unaligned.h: add header for building parameters - examples/sg_tst_async: new Linux sg test utility Changelog for sg3_utils-1.39 [20140612] [svn: r588] ... Other packages with FreeBSD ports that might be of interest are: smp_utils: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/smp_utils.html sdparm: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html ddpt: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/ddpt.html Latest betas of those packages can be found in the News section here: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/index.html Doug Gilbert