Re: hdparm

[Boris Duerner <bduerner@web.de>]

Maybe there was an idea behind having separate packages for hwtools and 
hdparm. 

hwtools is more than just IDE stuff, as I could see from the init.d script. 

From my experiences with our debian users in our local user group and from 
the point of view of a config tool writer it is more comfortable to have a 
script in /etc/init.d and a corresponding .conf file in /etc. Such as for 
networking, pcmcia or usbmgr.

I would volunteer to write one if there is any demand.

Proposal (open for suggestions):
Have the following files added to the hdparm package:
/etc/init.d/hdparm
/etc/hdparm.conf

remove hdparm support from hwtools

regards,
Marc




On Sunday 22 September 2002 17:00, you wrote:
> Boris Duerner (bduerner@web.de) wrote:
> > I haven't seen hwtools before and was wondering if no one has written a
> > script for /etc/init.d yet which possibly takes parameters from a
> > /etc/hdparm.conf file and sets up IDE parameters on boot up. Preferably
> > to be distributed in the hdparm.deb package...
>
> Yeah, this seems resonable. Why not file a bug against hdparm; I think
> this should be in hdparm and not hwtools, since the binary is in hdparm
> and not in hwtools. But thats just my opinion; why not email the
> package maintainer (or (s)he may reply later today).
>
> Yours,
>
>   James