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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2017-03-31 01:25:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2017-03-31 04:06:08 +0200 |
| commit | 02052b2c9b37af399f36179a8341585b30976650 (patch) | |
| tree | 22f329362d857ad50751ed5a25ed7b53ed66c381 /gnu | |
| parent | 0bea8ebe20158b5a957c6afb5799ee9d86f8375f (diff) | |
| download | patches-02052b2c9b37af399f36179a8341585b30976650.tar patches-02052b2c9b37af399f36179a8341585b30976650.tar.gz | |
gnu: hdparm: Expand synopsis and description.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (hdparm)[synopsis, description]: Add some more
common uses, more examples, and more objective information.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/linux.scm | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index a6b3614bc2..7a9ecf0a00 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -2286,10 +2286,18 @@ thanks to the use of namespaces.") #:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases) #:tests? #f)) ; no test suite (home-page "https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/") - (synopsis "Tune hard disk parameters for high performance") - (description - "Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives. It's primary use -is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiple-mode.") + (synopsis "View and tune ATA disk drive parameters") + (description + "@command{hdparm} is a command-line utility to control ATA controllers and +disk drives. It can increase performance and/or reliability by careful tuning +of hardware settings like power and acoustic management, DMA modes, and caching. +It can also display detailed device information, or be used as a simple +performance benchmarking tool. + +@command{hdparm} provides a command line interface to various Linux kernel +interfaces provided by the SATA/ATA/SAS @code{libata} subsystem, and the older +IDE driver subsystem. Many external USB drive enclosures with @dfn{SCSI-ATA +Command Translation} (SAT) are also supported.") (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE.TXT")))) (define-public rfkill |