Re: Someone ( bsg merge ? ) broke {sd,hd}parm on current git

[Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>]

Gabriel C wrote:
> Hello,
>
> sdparm and hdparm are broken for me on git (
> abce891a10559343d8ac9f79b46d78afdba63a40 )
>
>
> ~$ sudo hdparm  /dev/sdc
>
> /dev/sdc:
>  BLKROGET failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  BLKRAGET failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  BLKGETSIZE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
>
> ~$ sudo sdparm  --all /dev/sdc
> unable to access /dev/sdc, ATA disk?
>
>   

Well it is bsg , setting BLK_DEV_BSG=n fixed all this errors.

Maybe a bit off topic but it depends on EXPERIMENTAL so why the the menu
is not telling this ? and why the default is 'y' for it ?

IMO everything depends on EXPERIMENTAL should

1) Tell it is EXPERIMENTAL ( visible to the user in menu ) " Foo New
stuff ( EXPERIMENTAL ) "
2) Should not default to 'y' , is up to the users/admins to set
EXPERIMENTAL things to Y/M , isn't it ?


( PS: there are even defconfigs with EXPERIMENTAL things set to y but
this is really off topic )


Regards,

Gabriel C