From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:04 -0500 Message-ID: <47BF45E4.4020006@garzik.org> References: <20080222165122.8D2BB93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> <47BF0DCD.4060400@garzik.org> <20080222185645.9DD9C93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> <47BF3DE3.4000100@rtr.ca> <20080222213932.3403F93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52602 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753181AbYBVWAI (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20080222213932.3403F93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Anders Eriksson Cc: Mark Lord , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux IDE mailing list , Jens Axboe Anders Eriksson wrote: > Is smartd prepared to handle /dev/sdX style devices? Yes. You need to pass "-d ata" to smartd and smartctl, if your scripts are not already doing so. > If this is the prefered driver these days, maybe it shouldn't be marked > experimental in the menu anymore? It's not marked experimental. Jeff