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SubjectRe: A bug between kernel and hdparm
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)

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

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