On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:36:27AM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:47:56 -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > > > $ modinfo hdaps > > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hdaps.ko > > license: GPL v2 > > description: IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver > > author: Robert Love > > srcversion: 1C5A2654C3D15545ECF46D0 > > depends: > > vermagic: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM > > 4KSTACKS parm: invert:invert data along each axis (bool) > > Unfortunately there is more to this than just this module (which > just drives the sensor, the actual parking has to be done in software). > There have been patches floating around that add this capability to the > IDE/SATA drivers, as the command necessary to protect the hard disk > is not supported by the stock driver. I'm not touching ata patches that aren't upstream. Call me chicken, but they mean someone needs to claim responsibility for maintaining them etc across rebases, and storage drivers generally give me the creeps in this regard. Stock answer: get it upstream. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
