Changeset 193 for trunk/src/os2ahci/ReadMe.txt

Timestamp:

Dec 12, 2017, 11:08:37 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

David Azarewicz

Message:

Fixed IOCtl pass-thru interface.
Cosmetic changes to user interface.
Removed old IBM smartctl exe from distribution.

File:

• trunk/src/os2ahci/ReadMe.txt (modified) (4 diffs)

trunk/src/os2ahci/ReadMe.txt

@@ -1 @@
-AHCI Driver for OS/2 v2.03
+AHCI Driver for OS/2 v2.04
 
 Introduction
@@ -321 +321 @@
 
 Starting with version 1.22, OS2AHCI supports the IOCTL interface required by
-existing SMART monitoring tools. Since those tools are hard-coded to open
-the character device named "IBMS506$", they will not work with OS2AHCI unless
-modified to open the OS2AHCI$ device. Previous versions of OS2AHCI used to
-register a duplicate device with the IBMS506$ name, however since that caused
-so many unacceptable problems, that is no longer done. You must have a SMART
-utility that opens the OS2AHCI$ device to access the AHCI driver.
-
-A patched version of the smartctl.exe program is included in the OS2AHCI
-distribution. This patched version simply has the name "IBMS506$" changed
-to "OS2AHCI$" and is otherwise identical. This patched program has been
-renamed to smartahci.exe to distinguish it from the unpatched version.
-The patched smartahci.exe program is provided AS-IS and is completely
-UNSUPPORTED. Use of this program is at your own risk.
+existing SMART monitoring tools. Beware that the IBM version of smartctl.exe
+is hard-coded to open the character device named "IBMS506$" so it will not
+work with OS2AHCI. You must use a version that allows specifying ahci devices.
 
 NOTES:
@@ -360 +350 @@
 
 Hot swap is not supported.
+Port expanders are not supported. Only one drive per port is allowed.
 
 
@@ -387 +378 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
+
+v.2.04 06-Dec-2017 - David Azarewicz
+  Cosmetic changes to user display.
+  Fixed the ioctl pass-thru interface.
+  Removed the old IBM smartctl.exe from the distribution.
 
 v.2.03 15-Jul-2017 - David Azarewicz