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. 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 Youngdale author of scsi_info on which sginfo is based. F. Jansen: additions to sg_scan Grant Grundler co-author of blk512-linux that has become sg_format [20050201] Hannes Reinecke contributed sg_rdac, (and some corresponding VPD entries to sg_vpd_vendor), sg_stpg and sg_safte [20071013] Hayashi Naoyuki port to Tru64 [20060127] Heiko Eissfeldt sg based example programs for the original sg driver 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. 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] Mark Knibbs 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). Saeed Bishara contributed sg_write_long 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 Doug Gilbert 9th October 2008