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From: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libata for SATA HDs.
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:27:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42F92DE7.9070301@superbug.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050809180411.GD10315@havoc.gtf.org>

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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
> 

Jeff,

What sort of problems? Loss of data?
I don't really have the time to do a full restore cycle just to try libata.

James


  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-09 22:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <42EEA9D5.5080304@superbug.demon.co.uk>
2005-08-09 13:40 ` libata for SATA HDs Mark Lord
2005-08-09 17:01   ` Erik Slagter
2005-08-09 17:55   ` James Courtier-Dutton
2005-08-09 18:04     ` Jeff Garzik
2005-08-09 22:27       ` James Courtier-Dutton [this message]
2005-08-10  2:28         ` Mark Lord
2005-08-09 18:18   ` Erik Slagter
2005-08-09 20:04     ` Mark Lord
2005-08-10  7:41       ` Erik Slagter
2005-08-10 18:42 Timothy Thelin
2005-08-11  3:21 ` Jeff Garzik
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-08-12  1:04 Douglas Gilbert

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