Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:32:55 +0200 | | From | Helge Hafting <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] IDE TCQ #4 |
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Jens Axboe wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 15 2002, Aaron Tiensivu wrote: > > Simple question but hopefully it has a simple answer.. is there a command > > you can issue or flag you can look for from the output of hdparm to tell if > > your hard drive is capable of TCQ before installing the patch? I have a few > > IBM drives that I'm sure have TCQ abilities but I don't trust them as far as > > I can throw them (being Hungarian and cursed) but I'd like to give TCQ a > > whirl on my WD 120GB drives that should work OK, if they support TCQ.. > > > > Sorry if it's already been asked.. :) > > Mark Hahn wrote this little script to detect support for TCQ, modified > by me to not use the hdX symlinks.
I tried it. It had to run as root to get permission to read. Then it hung the machine - caps & scroll lock blinking.
I can retry it without X (and fs'es remounted r/o) _if_ the resulting crash may help with debugging.
IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
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