On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:47:57AM +0100, taipan67 wrote:
>
> I'd like to ask the community two questions; First, is there a hint
> anywhere listing suggested init-script & sysconfig settings for running
> 'hdparm' during system-boot (as i'm used to doing on my Gentoo system),
> & if not, are there good reasons that {,B}LFS avoids such a practice?
>
Probably most people don't need it. If your kernel has the correct
drivers, and turned on dma, it should run the disk(s) at full speed.
I seem to remember (going back a few years) that I used to need to
use hdparm to speed things up, but that was a long time ago.
Fortunately, the LFS-style initscripts are pretty straightforward -
copy the template, add the command and its options, and typically
link it from a suitable position in rcsysinit.d.
> Second, looking at the release-notes at :-
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136732&package_id=150265
>
> ...I'm wondering if an update to the supported version might be in
> order. It appears there was a major revision in April to 7.0, which
> claims to address most libata-issues (for those that use it), & further
> bugfix releases up to 7.5 - 7.2 fixed a conflict with the older IDE
> code, so i'm thinking of using 7.4 or 7.5 myself...
>
I guess the blfs editors would like you to create a trac ticket for
the version upgrade (for *any* package's version upgrade). And if
you think there are good reasons why people need to run hdparm from
an initscript, I guess you could raise a ticket for that.
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