The author of sg3_utils would like to thank the following people who have made contributions: Andries Brouwer rewrite of isosize (original written by Joerg Schilling). isosize is now found in the util-linux package and in the archive directory of this package. Brian Bunker contributed sg_read_block_limits and the target reset addition to sg_reset [20090615] Christophe Varoqui original sg_rtpg [20041229] Clayton Weaver contributed safe_strerror(). Dave Johnson improved disk defect list handling [20051218] Dave Williams help with sgp_dd especially and "> 0x7fffffff" with sg*_dd [20060303] Eric Schwartz who wrote these man pages: sg_readcap, sg_reset, sg_scan, sg_start, sg_test_rwbuf, sg_turs and sginfo Eric Seppanen borrowed ideas from alternate implementation of sg_compare_and_write [20130823] Eric Youngdale author of scsi_info on which sginfo is based. Frank Jansen : additions to sg_scan; contributed code for '--alloc-length=' option in sg_persist [20090402] Grant Grundler co-author of blk512-linux that has become sg_format [20050201] Greg Inozemtsev extensions to sg_xcopy [20130207+20130816] Hannes Reinecke contributed sg_rdac, (and some corresponding VPD entries to sg_vpd_vendor), sg_stpg and sg_safte [20071013+20130110] sg_referrals [20100906] sg_inq --export option [20120220+20130109] sg_xcopy+sg_copy_results [20120322] rescan-scsi-bus.sh patches to Kurt Garloff's v1.57 [20130715] Hayashi Naoyuki port to Tru64 [20060127] Heiko Eissfeldt sg based example programs for the original sg driver Ilan Steinberg sg_xcopy: contributed --on_src and --on_dst options [20130505] Ingo van Lil contributed sg_raw [20070331] James Bottomley co-author of blk512-linux that has become sg_format [20050201] Joe Krahn help with int64_t cleanup [20071219] Kai Makisara help with tape minor numbers in lk 2.6 plus earlier advice [20081008] Kurt Garloff original sg_start and sg_test_rwbuf. Additions to sginfo and sg_map. Author of rescan-scsi-bus.sh with latest update to v1.57 [20130331] Lars Marowsky-Brée contributed Unit Path Report VPD page decoding in sg_inq (vendor specific: EMC) and sg_emc_trespass utility Luben Tuikov help with documentation and other suggestions [20061014] contribution sg_read_buffer and sg_write_buffer [20061103] Marius Konitzer suggested and tested oflag=sparse for sg_dd Martin Schwenke added the raw switch "-r" to sg_inq Nate Dailey < Nate dot Dailey at stratus dot com > extended sg_map for sparse disk node names (e.g. /dev/sdaaa) [20050511] Pat LaVarre pointed out danger of negative bpt values in sg_dd (and friends); also problems when reading /dev/null Peter Allworth original dd clone design used by sg3_utils's dd variants (e.g. sg_dd). Roland Dreier extension and correction to sg_xcopy [20120205] Ronnie Sahlberg has written libiscsi and a set of external patches to add direct iSCSI support to this package. See README.iscsi [20110518] Saeed Bishara contributed sg_write_long Sean Stewart various improvements to rescan-scsi-bush.sh script [20130827] Shahar Salzman contributed sg_compare_and_write [20121205] Thomas Kolbe Solaris port help and testing [20070503] Tim Hunt increased number of (sd and sg) devices that sginfo could detect. Tom Steudten sginfo addition: add '-Fhead' option to sort defect list by head. Trent Piepho print out some "sense key specific" data and "-6" switch for sg_modes Douglas Gilbert 28th August 2013