On Monday 18 June 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Thanos Kyritsis wrote: [snip] > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local contains the following: > > /usr/sbin/hdparm -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -k1 /dev/hda > > /usr/sbin/hdparm -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -k1 /dev/hdb [snip] > Sounds like a (kernel) timing issue. > The "-q" option gets rid of some intermediary printf's, > and nothing else. So with -q, the ioctl() calls happen > much closer together in time. Without -q, the intermediary > printf's likely cause a resched, giving the kernel more time > to complete anything left over from the earlier call. > > ???? > > Any difference with a modern version of hdparm? The same issue happens when using hdparm 7.4 as well as 7.5. > -ml -- Thanos Kyritsis <djart at linux.gr> - What's your ONE purpose in life ? - To explode, of course! ;-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
