From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: libata for SATA HDs. Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:55:23 +0100 Message-ID: <42F8EE0B.7000706@superbug.demon.co.uk> References: <42EEA9D5.5080304@superbug.demon.co.uk> <42F8B264.5010706@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.92]:16658 "EHLO anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964902AbVHIRzY (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:55:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <42F8B264.5010706@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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? James