sg3_utils, sdparm and smp_utils: new vesrions

[Xin Li]

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Hi, Douglas,

On 02/01/12 09:28, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> These 3 packages, originally written for Linux, have ports to
> FreeBSD. New versions of all three were released recently: -
> http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html [1.33] a package of utilities
> each of which sends a SCSI command and processes the response -
> http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html [1.07] a utility for accessing
> SCSI mode page fields by name or position. Can also decode VPD
> pages and issue some SCSI commands -
> http://sg.danny.cz/sg/smp_utils.html [0.97] package of utilities
> each of which sends a SAS SMP function to a SAS device (typically a
> SAS expander) and processes the response. Requires FreeBSD 9.0 or
> later
> 
> Tarballs are provided in the "Download" section of the above pages.
> They can be built with './configure ; make ; make install'. [In
> some cases they may require './autogen.sh' to be called prior to
> the above sequence.]
> 
> Both sg3_utils and sdparm have a "FreeBSD ports" entry but they 
> point to older versions and may need some tweaking to work with the
> most recent package versions. This is not an area that I am
> familiar with.

Thanks for letting us know.  Because sg3_utils have maintainer set to
"ports at FreeBSD.org" I've updated it as well, and created a port for
smp_utils.

By the way do you have an announce mailing list for your tools which I
can subscribe so I'll not miss these updates in the future?

Cheers,
- -- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	https://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!		Live free or die
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