From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need hdparm for serial ATA drive?
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:27:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005281327.10553.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201005280635.15278.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On Freitag 28 Mai 2010, Mick wrote:
> On Thursday 27 May 2010 17:29:26 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:11 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > > Newer machines invariably have SATA drives:
> > >
> > > Do I need to emerge hdparm for such a drive?
> >
> > % whatis hdparm
> > hdparm (8) - get/set SATA/ATA device parameters
> >
> > SATA is still ATA, using the same basic command set but over a different
> > wire.
>
> Yes, hdparm will work with my drive, but the question is would I have a
> benefit using it? Other than what Paul said, is there another benefit e.g.
> speed wise that I could derive from using hdparm
no
> or is the kernel on its
> own enough to optimise the performance of the drive?
yes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-28 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-27 15:22 [gentoo-user] Do I need hdparm for serial ATA drive? Mick
2010-05-27 16:11 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-27 16:29 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-28 5:35 ` Mick
2010-05-28 11:27 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2010-05-28 12:16 ` Mick
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