From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Lansdown Subject: sata spindown Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 17:05:05 -0500 Message-ID: <20051107220452.GD25098@chrislansdown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from kitsune.onegeek.org ([207.44.199.176]:36757 "EHLO highsorcery.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964937AbVKGWFl (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 17:05:41 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (cpe-24-59-194-226.twcny.res.rr.com [24.59.194.226]) by highsorcery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF98A10E1F6 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 17:05:31 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, Having a laptop with a SATA hard drive (with an intel ICH6M chipset), I've been trying to find out the status both of spindown (a la 'hdparm -S') and suspend/resume. Suspend/resume I've come to find out that Randy Dunlap is working on (and I'm looking forward to being able to help out with testing the patch when he posts it here). So this leaves automatic inactivity spindown. Now, I did track down that in recent kernels, one can do 'sdparm -C stop' to cause the drive to spin down immediately, but this isn't a (direct) replacement for the IDE standby timeout. So I'm writing to inquire if this ability currently exists, or if not, if anyone is working on it and, if so, if I can be of help with testing patches. I'm a programmer and know a little bit about kernel drivers, though I have no experience with scsi or ide drivers. Thanks, Chris Lansdown -- "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" ========== Evil Overlord Quote of the Day (www.eviloverlord.com) ========= 222. I reserve the right to execute any henchmen who appear to be a little too intelligent, powerful, or devious. However if I do so, I will not at some subsequent point shout "Why am I surrounded by these incompetent fools?!"