Re: elvtune with 2.6 kernels (under FC3)

Bill Davidsen
2005-07-26T13:11:56Z

Gaspar Bakos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am cc-ing this to the kernel list, a i have the suspicion that it may
> be a kernel related feature.
>
> --------------
> I noticed that elvtune does not work on FC3 with a 2.6.12.3
> (self-compiled, pristine) kernel. I also tried it with other 2.6.* kernels.
>
> elvtune /dev/sde
> ioctl get: Invalid argument
>
> In fact, I get the same message for all disks, either those on a 3ware
> controller, or SATA disks directly attached to the motherboard.
> The hw is a dual opteron mb with 4Gb RAM.
>
> Did this command become obsoleted?
> Is there alternativ?

Not that I ever found. You can play with values in
/sys/block/{device}/queue or wherever you have your sysfs mounted.
Not a great user interface, but at least you can play.

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