Begin4 Title: hdparm Version: 5.1 Entered-date: 2002-05-26 Description: hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters for Linux IDE drives. 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://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/hardware 35K hdparm-5.1.tar.gz 1K hdparm.lsm Platforms: Linux, kernels 2.2 through 2.5 (most earlier versions also) Copying-policy: BSD License End