From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:16:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:16:14 -0400 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:28297 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 14:16:13 -0400 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 20:16:12 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: To: dalecki@evision-ventures.com, gerald@io.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > hdparm -i is executing the drive id command directly > and does *not* rely on the internally permanently dragged around id structure. The situation used to be that "hdparm -i" used the information read at boot time, while "hdparm -I" read the current situation. That was sometimes useful. Andries