Public bug reported: I think that hdparm 8.6 from Debian unstable should get merged into Hardy, because it fixes quite some bugs and adds useful new features (e.g. to test for media errors).
Debian has added a nice wrapper in 8.3-1, which allows to give spindown times in seconds, minutes or hours. See http://bugs.debian.org/462766. I think this makes handling of bug 59695 for users a lot easier! The merge from Debian fixes also bug 156893, because Debian has integrated the patch. Debian changelog since current version in Ubuntu: hdparm (8.6-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream version * Udev rule can also match for sata devices (closes: #471401) -- Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:06:37 +0000 hdparm (8.3-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release * easier config of spindown time (closes: #462766) * Update Standards-Version (no changes) -- Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:39:32 +0000 Upstream changelog since the version in Hardy: 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 ** Affects: hdparm (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist Status: New -- Please merge hdparm 8.6-1 (main) from Debian unstable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203736 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
