From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata for SATA HDs. Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:04:11 -0400 Message-ID: <20050809180411.GD10315@havoc.gtf.org> References: <42EEA9D5.5080304@superbug.demon.co.uk> <42F8B264.5010706@rtr.ca> <42F8EE0B.7000706@superbug.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:21384 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964904AbVHISEL (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:04:11 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42F8EE0B.7000706@superbug.demon.co.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: Mark Lord , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 06:55:23PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Mark Lord wrote: > >James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > >>Google did not help me. > >> > >>Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? : > >>hdparm -S60 /dev/sda > > > > > >Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch. > > > >The copy (below) works with 2.6.12, and I'm including it here > >for the benefit of the many who aren't yet ready to adopt a new > >religion (git) just for obtaining this vital functionality. > > > >Cheers > > > > So, why hasn't that patch got into the kernel? Because there are several reports of it causing problems, when used on a loaded system. Jeff