Since I (and probably many other people too) use libata for all my ide-drives, there is no need for having sys-apps/hdparm installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. use kernel with libata 2. unmerge hdparm Actual Results: Everything works, but hdparm is installed again at the next update Expected Results: hdparm should not be installed
Please discuss this on the gentoo-dev mailing list. Re-Open the bug if the outcome is favorable. -Alec