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 23:27:51 +0100 Message-ID: <42F92DE7.9070301@superbug.demon.co.uk> References: <42EEA9D5.5080304@superbug.demon.co.uk> <42F8B264.5010706@rtr.ca> <42F8EE0B.7000706@superbug.demon.co.uk> <20050809180411.GD10315@havoc.gtf.org> 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]:3850 "EHLO anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965008AbVHIW1y (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:27:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050809180411.GD10315@havoc.gtf.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Mark Lord , linux-ide@vger.kernel.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