From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Port multiplier resets Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:28 +0900 Message-ID: <4924D86C.8010107@kernel.org> References: <490DC300.40703@seiner.com> <49194B20.8000209@kernel.org> <4924D733.6070005@seiner.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:56018 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752036AbYKTDYd (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:24:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4924D733.6070005@seiner.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Yan Seiner Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Yan Seiner wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: >> >> 2. Specify libata.force=8.15:1.5Gbps >> > dumb question: > > Does this go on the kernel parameter line or can I change it without > rebooting the system? > > I don't see it in /sys/module/libata/parameters so I'm guessing it needs > a reboot? Yeah, you will need to reboot or reload libata module. Note that if libata.ko is being loaded from initrd, different distros use different methods to pass parameters to them. -- tejun