[ltp] Re: enabling protect file for hdaps on t61

[Vincent C Jones]

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 07:58 +0100, Elias Oltmanns wrote:
> Vincent C Jones <v.jones@networkingunlimited.com> wrote:
> >
> > SATA drive here as well (7675 X61, AHCI mode, SuSE 10.3, 2.6.24 with
> > SuSE, acpi, protect, & tp_smapi patches applied) and I have no problem
> > invoking a freeze. What is your magic incantation to avoid the problem?
> > I really would like to get HDAPS back...
> 
> The difference isn't so much SATA vs PATA but SMP system vs uniprocessor
> / non-SMP system. Probably Rolf is running an SMP kernel on a dual core
> machine whereas your system is lacking SMP support.

Huh? SMP -> problem or SMP is OK? SMP kernel with dual core CPU = freeze

Linux X61 2.6.24-133-vcj #2 SMP Sat Feb 9 17:38:13 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz

> Yesterday, I've found the culprit and I have contacted libata developers
> in order to find a proper solution for this issue.

Great news (assuming the "proper solution" includes working protect).

Vince