Comment 0 for bug 311451

Binary package hint: hdparm

upstream released two new releases.

hdparm 9.3 and hdparm 9.6

http://freshmeat.net/projects/hdparm/?branch_id=4062&release_id=288158

release notes of 9.3

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements

Changes:
Support for Device Configuration Overlay was added, with the new flags "--dco-freeze", "--dco-identify", and "--dco-restore". A firmware download capability was implemented. Supposedly obsolete "cache/buffer size" reporting was added to "-I". New "--idle-immediate" and "--idle-unload" flags were implemented. Kernel bugs associated with "-N" are now detected and reported

Release notes of 9.6

http://freshmeat.net/projects/hdparm/?branch_id=4062&release_id=290822

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

Changes:
Several minor enhancements were made. The -N flag was fixed for 1.5 TB drives.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu11
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
 libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: hdparm 8.9-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: hdparm
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686