From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758689AbYBVWAj (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760201AbYBVWAL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:11 -0500 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 Message-ID: <47BF45E4.4020006@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:04 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anders Eriksson CC: Mark Lord , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux IDE mailing list , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang 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> In-Reply-To: <20080222213932.3403F93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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