DJA wrote: > Maybe something regarding S.M.A.R.T changed as of a month ago, but it's > been in Fedora Core since at least FC2. So it must have been in the > "mainline" (i.e. Vanilla) because that is the source of all Redhat kernels.
SMART has been supported for quite a while on PATA drives but SMART on SATA is new. You were not using SATA, correct? > However, I'm skeptical as to whether S.M.A.R.T is actually in the kernel > or is a driver. It doesn't make sense to put it in the kernel, as not > all platforms hard drives, let alone IDE and S.M.A.R.T. For instance, > when I recompiled the kernel for my laptop, I don't recall seeing any > option for S.M.A.R.T. If it's a driver that gets loaded into the kernel isn't it then in the kernel? I am not sure if I spoke inaccurately or if you are being pedantic. -- Tracy R Reed http://copilotconsulting.com 1-877-MY-COPILOT -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
