Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263376AbUCTLgc (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:36:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263378AbUCTLgb (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:36:31 -0500 Received: from krusty.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:24723 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263376AbUCTLga (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:36:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:36:27 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Johannes Stezenbach , Matthias Andree , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] barrier patch set Message-ID: <20040320113627.GB7714@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Johannes Stezenbach , Linux Kernel References: <20040319153554.GC2933@suse.de> <200403200102.39716.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <20040320014837.GB11865@convergence.de> <200403200313.05681.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403200313.05681.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 704 Lines: 18 > Correct answer is: everything is fine, RTFM (man hdparm). ;-) Not everything is fine. hdparm documents -i returns inconsistent data. Most, but _NOT_ _EVERYTHING_ is cached: the multcount is updated, for instance. What is that good for? Mix & Match whatever is convenient? Are there systems where -I will not work? If there are none, hdparm 6.0 should be shipped without the -i option. -- Matthias Andree Encrypt your mail: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/