Re: hdparm

[Simon Hürlimann <huerlisi@student.ethz.ch>]

Hi

I fully agree to a init.d/hdparm /etc/hdparm.conf solution.
i just hacked a /init.d/hdparm script today, before reading this mail. means:
	there is a need for this.

some questions arose:
- will it be dynamic (means using /proc/ide or the like) or static (only 
configure devices in /etc/hdparm.conf)?
- what are the default params? very safe, so just installing hdparm won't 
bring any enhancement, or should hdparm act as a speed enhancer, meaning 
setting dma, io_32bit...?


just my 2c
simon

Am Sonntag, 22. September 2002 18.23 schrieb Boris Duerner:
> 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