[ltp] Head's up: new Lenovo BIOSes and HD APM (hdparm -B)

[Igor V. Rafienko]

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on May 30, 2006, 15:28, Daniel Skorka wrote:

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> Having a T43-1871 with a SATA-controller most of hdparm seems to either
> be not working or to be useless. For example, I can't use '-d'
> (Inappropriate ioctl) or '-X' (Input/Output Error). Should these work?


No, not really. DMA is on by default with libata passthrough patch=20
(included in 2.6.16 if memory serves me right).


> Do I need another program that is designed for SCSI drives?


sdparm has a lot of magic you could try.


> The other thing is that 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' tells me my drive does
> not support SMART, while 'hdparm -I' clearly states that it does.


Did you turn SMART on? (smartctl -d ata -s on /dev/sda) Or, did you=20
specify to use libata interface? (-d ata)


> Do I need to use a newer version of the smartmontools (currently 5.32)?


Well, 5.36 works here quite fine.


> Do I need to turn on some options in the kernel?


You need libata passthrough (which may or may not be included in your=20
kernel). thinkwiki has all the info.





ivr
--=20
hvilket betyder at sprogdefinitionen tillader overs=E6tteren at g=F8re
hvadsomhelst med den, inklusive overs=E6tte den til kode der f=E5r sm=E5
nisser til at danse rundt om sk=E6rmen og r=E5be ukvemsord ad programm=F8re=
n.
 =09=09-- Henning Makholm om "undefined behaviour"
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