[gentoo-user] hdparm question
hello, bash-2.05b# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 3100 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1550.24 MB/sec HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Timing buffered disk reads: 170 MB in 3.02 seconds = 56.28 MB/sec HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device bash-2.05b# I think that here is something wrong. What Can I do to Fix it. Tnx -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm question
Khan wrote: bash-2.05b# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 3100 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1550.24 MB/sec HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Timing buffered disk reads: 170 MB in 3.02 seconds = 56.28 MB/sec HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device bash-2.05b# I think that here is something wrong. What Can I do to Fix it. Upgrade to a newer kernel where those commands are permitted. You are looking for 2.6.12-rc2 or newer. It's nothing to worry about for now though. Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm question
Daniel Drake wrote: Upgrade to a newer kernel where those commands are permitted. You are looking for 2.6.12-rc2 or newer. It's nothing to worry about for now though. does that mean that kernel =2.6.12-rc2 will have better support for SATA? I guess that Khan had a sata-drive. Today, hddtemp and smartctl are, from what I have noticed, unusable with sata-drives. //Henrik -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm question
Henrik Andersson wrote: does that mean that kernel =2.6.12-rc2 will have better support for SATA? I guess that Khan had a sata-drive. As always, SATA support improves with every kernel release. Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list