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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need hdparm for serial ATA drive?
From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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On 28 May 2010 12:27, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wro=
te:
> 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 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (8) =A0- get/set SATA/ATA device pa=
rameters
>> >
>> > SATA is still ATA, using the same basic command set but over a differe=
nt
>> > wire.
>>
>> Yes, hdparm will work with my drive, but the question is would I have a
>> benefit using it? =A0Other 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
>

Thanks!  :-)
--=20
Regards,
Mick