severity 586252 grave thanks On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:13:36PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > It seems that the new PATA libata-based drivers (see > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2009/12/msg00587.html) > turned /dev/hda to /dev/sda and make noflushd think it's dealing with a > SCSI device. > The comment in /etc/default/noflushd states: > > # [...] Noflushd currently only works with ide hard disks; > # scsi disks require a kernel patch. [...] > > If my guess is correct, I assume that all (or almost all) noflushd > users will be unable to go on using the package.
You are correct. Therefore I'm raising the severity to grave. I need to implement a new methode spindown_ata using the SG_IO interface instead of the old IDE ioctl()s. I've just checked the hdparm source code, and the simple tasks noflushd needs to perform require a bit more code than I was hoping, but it's certainly doable without problems. The second thing that needs to be done is way to determine when to use the SG_IO interface. I certainly want to avoid spinning down a SCSI disk that won't spin up by itself afterwards. Still needs to investigate here. Regards, Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
