Re: hdparm-8.2 now available

2008-02-20 Thread Greg Freemyer
Mark, What kernel level is needed to support the new -N arg? Tried it on a Suse 2.6.22 kernel (possibly not patched with all the current security updates). Failed with: The Running Kernel Lack CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL Support. Thanks Greg On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Mark Lord [EMAIL

Re: hdparm-8.2 now available

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Lord
Greg Freemyer wrote: Mark, What kernel level is needed to support the new -N arg? .. I believe it should work with 2.4.0 or newer. But some kernels have a buggy implementation of it. Tried it on a Suse 2.6.22 kernel (possibly not patched with all the current security updates). Failed with:

hdparm-8.2 now available

2008-02-18 Thread Mark Lord
hdparm for SATA/PATA has now been updated to version 8.2. Upgrading is strongly recommended for all users. This version fixes several bugs in earlier 7.x/8.x releases that could cause issues when advanced features are attempted on devices being driven by the old drivers/ide subsystem. libata