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#: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