CREDITS - platform/external/sg3_utils - Git at Google

 The author of sg3_utils would like to thank the following people who
 have made contributions:


 Andries Brouwer <aebr at win dot tue dot nl> 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.

 Bart Van Assche <bart dot vanassche at sandisk dot com>
         harden (improve) code in rescan-scsi-bus.sh [20160224]
         configure.ac and Makefile.am cleanup plus sgp_dd code
         to replace pthread_cancel with pthread_kill [20180102]
         sg_xcopy: fix identification CSCD descriptor's designator
         length, fix CSCD descriptor mask [20210902]

 Bean Huo <beanhuo dot micron dot com>
         sg_write_buffer: patch to allow comma or period separated bytes
         (in decimal or hex) to be decoded when given as standard input.

 Brian Bunker <Brian dot Bunker at netapp dot com> contributed
         sg_read_block_limits and the target reset addition to sg_reset
         [20090615]

 Christophe Varoqui <christophe dot varoqui at free dot fr> original sg_rtpg
         [20041229]

 Clayton Weaver <cgweav at email dot com> contributed safe_strerror().

 Dan Horak <dhorak at redhat dot com> website support for this package and
         others. Lot of fixes, recently man pages [20140128]

 Dave Johnson <ddj at ccv dot brown dot edu> improved disk defect list
         handling [20051218]

 Dave Williams <dave at opensourcesolutions dot co dot uk> help with
         sgp_dd especially and "> 0x7fffffff" with sg*_dd [20060303]

 Eric Schwartz <emschwar at debian dot org> who wrote these man pages:
         sg_readcap, sg_reset, sg_scan, sg_start, sg_test_rwbuf,
         sg_turs and sginfo

 Eric Seppanen <eric @ purestorage dot com> borrowed ideas from alternate
         implementation of sg_compare_and_write [20130823]

 Eric Youngdale <eric at andante dot org> author of scsi_info on which sginfo
         is based.

 Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine dot fabrice at gmail dot com>
         various build fixes [20211116]

 Frank Jansen <fjansen at egenera dot com>: additions to sg_scan; contributed
         code for '--alloc-length=' option in sg_persist [20090402]

 Grant Grundler <grundler at parisc-linux dot org> co-author of blk512-linux
         that has become sg_format [20050201]

 Greg Inozemtsev <greg at purestorage dot com>
         extensions to sg_xcopy [20130207+20130816]

 Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse dot de>
         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]
         55-scsi-sg3_id.rules + 58-scsi-sg3_symlink.rules [20140527]
         sg_sat_read_gplog [20141107]
         sg_inq --only option plus --inhex fixes [20180102]

 Hayashi Naoyuki <titan at culzean dot org>
         port to Tru64 [20060127]

 Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko at colossus dot escape dot de> sg based example
         programs for the original sg driver

 Ilan Steinberg <ilan dot steinberg at kaminario dot com>
         sg_xcopy: contributed --on_src and --on_dst options [20130505]

 Ingo van Lil <inguin at gmx dot de>
         contributed sg_raw [20070331]

 James Bottomley <jejb at parisc-linux dot org> co-author of blk512-linux
         that has become sg_format [20050201]

 Jan Engelhardt <jengelh at inai dot de>
         autotools clean-up [20150216]

 Joe Krahn <krahn at niehs dot nih dot gov> help with int64_t cleanup
         [20071219]

 Kai Makisara <Kai dot Makisara at kolumbus dot fi> 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 <lmb at suse dot de> contributed Unit Path Report VPD
         page decoding in sg_inq (vendor specific: EMC) and sg_emc_trespass
         utility

 Luben Tuikov <ltuikov at yahoo dot com>
         help with documentation and other suggestions [20061014]
         contribution sg_read_buffer and sg_write_buffer [20061103]

 Marius Konitzer <marius dot konitzer at ruhr-uni-bochum dot de
         log pages on IBM LTO Ultrium drives [20100225]

 Mark Knibbs <markk at clara dot co dot uk>
         suggested and tested oflag=sparse for sg_dd

 Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin dot net> added the raw switch "-r" to sg_inq

 Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse dot com> contributed script files [20190425 and
         20220218]]

 Nate Dailey < Nate dot Dailey at stratus dot com > extended sg_map for sparse
         disk node names (e.g. /dev/sdaaa) [20050511]

 Nitin U. Yewale < nyewale at redhat dot com> sent patch via github:
         https://github.com/doug-gilbert/sg3_utils/pull/10/ to fix crash with
         rescan-scsi-bus.sh -r due to rev 867 change to sg_inq [20220103]

 Pat LaVarre <p.lavarre at ieee dot org> pointed out danger of negative bpt
         values in sg_dd (and friends); also problems when reading /dev/null

 Peter Allworth <linsol at zeta dot org dot au> original dd clone design used
         by sg3_utils's dd variants (e.g. sg_dd).

 Roland Dreier <roland at purestorage dot com>
         extension and correction to sg_xcopy [20120205]

 Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg at gmail dot com> 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 <Sean dot Stewart at netapp dot com> various improvements
         to rescan-scsi-bush.sh script [20130827]

 Shahar Salzman <shahar dot salzman at kaminario dot com> contributed
         sg_compare_and_write [20121205]

 Thomas Kolbe <tkolbe at partnersdata dot com>
         Solaris port help and testing [20070503]

 Tim Hunt <tim at timhunt dot net> increased number of (sd and sg) devices
         that sginfo could detect.

 Tom Steudten <steudten at gmx dot ch> sginfo addition: add '-Fhead' option
         to sort defect list by head.

 Trent Piepho <xyzzy at speakeasy dot org> print out some "sense key specific"
         data and "-6" switch for sg_modes

 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose dot vazquez at gmail dot com>
         documentation corrections [20200117]


 Douglas Gilbert
 18th February 2022
	The author of sg3_utils would like to thank the following people who
	have made contributions:


	Andries Brouwer <aebr at win dot tue dot nl> 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.

	Bart Van Assche <bart dot vanassche at sandisk dot com>
	harden (improve) code in rescan-scsi-bus.sh [20160224]
	configure.ac and Makefile.am cleanup plus sgp_dd code
	to replace pthread_cancel with pthread_kill [20180102]
	sg_xcopy: fix identification CSCD descriptor's designator
	length, fix CSCD descriptor mask [20210902]

	Bean Huo <beanhuo dot micron dot com>
	sg_write_buffer: patch to allow comma or period separated bytes
	(in decimal or hex) to be decoded when given as standard input.

	Brian Bunker <Brian dot Bunker at netapp dot com> contributed
	sg_read_block_limits and the target reset addition to sg_reset
	[20090615]

	Christophe Varoqui <christophe dot varoqui at free dot fr> original sg_rtpg
	[20041229]

	Clayton Weaver <cgweav at email dot com> contributed safe_strerror().

	Dan Horak <dhorak at redhat dot com> website support for this package and
	others. Lot of fixes, recently man pages [20140128]

	Dave Johnson <ddj at ccv dot brown dot edu> improved disk defect list
	handling [20051218]

	Dave Williams <dave at opensourcesolutions dot co dot uk> help with
	sgp_dd especially and "> 0x7fffffff" with sg*_dd [20060303]

	Eric Schwartz <emschwar at debian dot org> who wrote these man pages:
	sg_readcap, sg_reset, sg_scan, sg_start, sg_test_rwbuf,
	sg_turs and sginfo

	Eric Seppanen <eric @ purestorage dot com> borrowed ideas from alternate
	implementation of sg_compare_and_write [20130823]

	Eric Youngdale <eric at andante dot org> author of scsi_info on which sginfo
	is based.

	Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine dot fabrice at gmail dot com>
	various build fixes [20211116]

	Frank Jansen <fjansen at egenera dot com>: additions to sg_scan; contributed
	code for '--alloc-length=' option in sg_persist [20090402]

	Grant Grundler <grundler at parisc-linux dot org> co-author of blk512-linux
	that has become sg_format [20050201]

	Greg Inozemtsev <greg at purestorage dot com>
	extensions to sg_xcopy [20130207+20130816]

	Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse dot de>
	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]
	55-scsi-sg3_id.rules + 58-scsi-sg3_symlink.rules [20140527]
	sg_sat_read_gplog [20141107]
	sg_inq --only option plus --inhex fixes [20180102]

	Hayashi Naoyuki <titan at culzean dot org>
	port to Tru64 [20060127]

	Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko at colossus dot escape dot de> sg based example
	programs for the original sg driver

	Ilan Steinberg <ilan dot steinberg at kaminario dot com>
	sg_xcopy: contributed --on_src and --on_dst options [20130505]

	Ingo van Lil <inguin at gmx dot de>
	contributed sg_raw [20070331]

	James Bottomley <jejb at parisc-linux dot org> co-author of blk512-linux
	that has become sg_format [20050201]

	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh at inai dot de>
	autotools clean-up [20150216]

	Joe Krahn <krahn at niehs dot nih dot gov> help with int64_t cleanup
	[20071219]

	Kai Makisara <Kai dot Makisara at kolumbus dot fi> 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 <lmb at suse dot de> contributed Unit Path Report VPD
	page decoding in sg_inq (vendor specific: EMC) and sg_emc_trespass
	utility

	Luben Tuikov <ltuikov at yahoo dot com>
	help with documentation and other suggestions [20061014]
	contribution sg_read_buffer and sg_write_buffer [20061103]

	Marius Konitzer <marius dot konitzer at ruhr-uni-bochum dot de
	log pages on IBM LTO Ultrium drives [20100225]

	Mark Knibbs <markk at clara dot co dot uk>
	suggested and tested oflag=sparse for sg_dd

	Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin dot net> added the raw switch "-r" to sg_inq

	Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse dot com> contributed script files [20190425 and
	20220218]]

	Nate Dailey < Nate dot Dailey at stratus dot com > extended sg_map for sparse
	disk node names (e.g. /dev/sdaaa) [20050511]

	Nitin U. Yewale < nyewale at redhat dot com> sent patch via github:
	https://github.com/doug-gilbert/sg3_utils/pull/10/ to fix crash with
	rescan-scsi-bus.sh -r due to rev 867 change to sg_inq [20220103]

	Pat LaVarre <p.lavarre at ieee dot org> pointed out danger of negative bpt
	values in sg_dd (and friends); also problems when reading /dev/null

	Peter Allworth <linsol at zeta dot org dot au> original dd clone design used
	by sg3_utils's dd variants (e.g. sg_dd).

	Roland Dreier <roland at purestorage dot com>
	extension and correction to sg_xcopy [20120205]

	Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg at gmail dot com> 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 <Sean dot Stewart at netapp dot com> various improvements
	to rescan-scsi-bush.sh script [20130827]

	Shahar Salzman <shahar dot salzman at kaminario dot com> contributed
	sg_compare_and_write [20121205]

	Thomas Kolbe <tkolbe at partnersdata dot com>
	Solaris port help and testing [20070503]

	Tim Hunt <tim at timhunt dot net> increased number of (sd and sg) devices
	that sginfo could detect.

	Tom Steudten <steudten at gmx dot ch> sginfo addition: add '-Fhead' option
	to sort defect list by head.

	Trent Piepho <xyzzy at speakeasy dot org> print out some "sense key specific"
	data and "-6" switch for sg_modes

	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose dot vazquez at gmail dot com>
	documentation corrections [20200117]


	Douglas Gilbert
	18th February 2022