Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73

Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Wed, 29 May 2002 20:16:12 +0200 (MEST)

> 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
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