Re: Adding modules to Fedora's kernel package

[Ralf Ertzinger <fedora camperquake de>]

Hi.

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:47:56 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:

> $ modinfo hdaps
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hdaps.ko
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver
> author:         Robert Love
> srcversion:     1C5A2654C3D15545ECF46D0
> depends:        
> vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM
> 4KSTACKS parm:           invert:invert data along each axis (bool)

Unfortunately there is more to this than just this module (which
just drives the sensor, the actual parking has to be done in software).
There have been patches floating around that add this capability to the
IDE/SATA drivers, as the command necessary to protect the hard disk
is not supported by the stock driver.

See:
http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/