Uz.ytkownik Anton Altaparmakov napisa?:
> At 12:27 07/05/02, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> 
>> Tue May  7 02:37:49 CEST 2002 ide-clean-57
>>
>> Nuke /proc/ide. For explanations why, please see the frustrated 
>> comments in the previous change log.
> 
> 
> This is a big mistake IMO.
> 
> Nuking the ability to change settings, fair enough, but only if 
> alternative interface is provided for userspace to tweak everything, 
> otherwise provide the interface before you remove the existing one. 
> (There may be already another interface, I don't know...I am sure 
> someone will tell me if there is!)

Ehmm... There *is* one interface there. hdparm will help
you. Note: the upcomming release of hdparm should contain the
following patch which incearses it's usability vastly to the
average user. Just for convenience I'm attaching it here.

If you don't like hdparm - well please shoot the
people who wrote init, ifconfig, eject and so on...