On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 06:00, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Quel Qun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why can't we reopen a bug? > > > > I think hdparm should always be installed since /etc/rc.sysinit uses it > > (line 1001), > > only if present. there're obviously tests. > > > and Mandrake specifically provides /etc/sysconfig/harddisk* > > files for user defined optimization. > > here's some facts: > - some users (you're one of them) want hdparm > - hdparm is not required to bootstrap a mandrake linux system > - minimal installed system should be as small as possible > > why do you want to force other people to have hdparm installed only > because you want it ? > > some people find nice to have an smp kernel because they've a smp > mb. do you want us to add lot of overhead to the kernel by making it > using smp by default ?
Perhaps hdparm should simply be in the default installation selection? Not the minimal, but at least the default, since it's an essential tool for anyone who wants good IDE performance (i.e., everyone). -- adamw
