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Message-Id: <20080222213932.3403F93C12F@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:39:31 +0100 From: Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm> To: Mark Lord <liml@....ca> cc: Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang liml@....ca said: > So that's using the old IDE drivers. And the network and USB are sharing > IRQ#11 with each other. > If you are going to be using newer kernels like this (2.6.23+), then you > might consider shifting those drives over to libata drivers. > This involves a little bit of work -- building a kernel with libata and > "ata_piix" built-in instead of the old IDE drivers, and then rearranging /etc/ > fstab to match the new device names (eg. /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda). > But at this point libata is working much better than the old IDE stuff, and > it really is worth moving things over if you can. Ok, I'll take a stab at that tomorrow. Two things... Is smartd prepared to handle /dev/sdX style devices? If this is the prefered driver these days, maybe it shouldn't be marked experimental in the menu anymore? /A -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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