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diff --git a/gnu/packages/disk.scm b/gnu/packages/disk.scm index d806e0c1cd..b9240a392a 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/disk.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/disk.scm @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <tobias.geerinckx.rice@gmail.com> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -144,3 +145,29 @@ to recover data more efficiently by only reading the necessary blocks.") "The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.") (license gpl3+))) + +(define-public sdparm + (package + (name "sdparm") + (version "1.09") + (source + (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/" + name "-" version ".tar.xz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0jakqyjwi72zqjzss04bally0xl0lc4710mx8da08vpmir1hfphg")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (home-page "http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html") + (synopsis "Provide access to SCSI device parameters") + (description + "Sdparm reads and modifies SCSI device parameters. These devices can be +SCSI disks, in which case the role of @command{sdparm} is similar to its +namesake: the @command{hdparm} utility originally designed for ATA disks. +However, @command{sdparm} can be used to access parameters on any device that +uses a SCSI command set. Such devices include CD/DVD drives (irrespective of +transport), SCSI and ATAPI tape drives, and SCSI enclosures. This utility can +also send commands associated with starting and stopping the media, loading +and unloading removable media and some other housekeeping functions.") + (license bsd-3))) |