Re: A bug between kernel and hdparm

Mark Lord (mlord@pobox.com)
Fri, 05 Nov 1999 18:23:40 +0000


This is not a bug.

The "-i" option reports the *boot-time* drive configuration.

The "-I" option will report the current configuration.

-- 
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com

"H.J. Lu" wrote: > > Hi, > > There is a bug between kernel and hdparm. hdparm can change the setting > on an IDE device. For example, > > # hdparm -d1 -X 18 /dev/hda > > will change the DMA mode on /dev/hda. However, the change is not > updated in the kernel data structure for hda. As the result, > > # hdparm -i /dev/hda > # hdparm -d1 -X 18 /dev/hda > # hdparm -i /dev/hda > > will not show the DMA mode change on /dev/hda. > > -- > H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)

-- 
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com

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