Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:39:31 +0100 | From | Anders Eriksson <> |
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liml@rtr.ca said: > So that's using the old IDE drivers. And the network and USB are sharing > IRQ#11 with each other.
> If you are going to be using newer kernels like this (2.6.23+), then you > might consider shifting those drives over to libata drivers.
> This involves a little bit of work -- building a kernel with libata and > "ata_piix" built-in instead of the old IDE drivers, and then rearranging /etc/ > fstab to match the new device names (eg. /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda).
> But at this point libata is working much better than the old IDE stuff, and > it really is worth moving things over if you can.
Ok, I'll take a stab at that tomorrow. Two things...
Is smartd prepared to handle /dev/sdX style devices?
If this is the prefered driver these days, maybe it shouldn't be marked experimental in the menu anymore?
/A
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