Subject: Upload: hdparm-1.0.tar.gz (IDE Perf.Pkg)
From: "jung yee" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 01:45:23 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

As of kernel version 1.1.32, the IDE Performance Package
is now part of the linux kernel.  To enable it's features,
the hdparm program is required.

A somewhat enhanced version of this utility has been created,
along with a man page an lsm entry, and uploaded to tsx-11.mit.edu:

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Title        =hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters
Version      =1.0
Desc1        =Provides a command-line interface to various hard disk ioctls
Desc2        =supported  by  the  linux  IDE/ST-506 device driver (hd.c),
Desc3        =including control of the IDE Performance Enhancments in newer
Desc4        =linux kernels (1.1.39+).
Desc5        =
Author       =Mark Lord
AuthorEmail  =[email-masked]
Maintainer   =Mark Lord
MaintEmail   =[email-masked]
Site1        =tsx-11.mit.edu
Path1        =/pub/linux/ALPHA/IDE-performance
File1        =hdparm-1.0.tar.gz
FileSize1    =23K
Required1    =Linux kernel version 1.1.32 or higher, preferably 1.1.39 or higher.
Required2    =
Required3    =
Required4    =
CopyPolicy1  =(c) Mark Lord, freely distributable
CopyPolicy2  =
Keywords     =st506 ide hard disk drive performance ioctl
Comment1     =This package replaces the IDE Performance Package for systems
Comment2     =using linux kernel 1.1.32+ (with IDE Perf.Pkg built-in).
Comment3     =
Comment4     =
RelFiles1    =
RelFiles2    =
RelFiles3    =
Entered      =03AUG94
EnteredBy    =Mark Lord
CheckedEmail =[email-masked]
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