Robert Millan wrote:
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 07:00:06PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote:
Very interesting. Do you think any of these features could be useful as a
default option in grub-mkconfig?
At least the --health check and --security-freeze are IMO recommended
for each disk. Both is also done by a typical PC BIOS. AAM and standby
settings are more user specific. The problem is that this relies on
native ATA support which is now only available for controllers supported
by ata.mod.
At least for the boot disk, such hdparm calls could be added by e.g.
extending 'prepare_grub_to_access_device'.
But if the firmware already did, wouldn't this be a waste of boot time?
Yes, it would. Most BIOS perform both health check and security freeze,
but some don't. For coreboot, it is not a waste of boot time.
So if this is added to grub-mkconfig, it should be configurable by some
variable.
--
Christian Franke
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