From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: SMART support for libata Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:25:18 -0400 Message-ID: <42A85F5E.10208@rtr.ca> References: <87y8g8r4y6.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <41B7EFA3.8000007@pobox.com> <87br6g6ayr.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <42A73E6E.80808@rtr.ca> <873brs5ir8.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cpu1185.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.110.166]:3851 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261900AbVFIPZT (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:25:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <873brs5ir8.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Greg Stark Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Greg Stark wrote: .. >>You should be using "-y" (standby) instead of "-Y" (sleep). > > I'll try that. But that's not going to make it spin up when it gets a SMART > query is it? Depends on what SMART items are being queried. Actually, what you should *really* be using is "hdparm -S" with a suitable timeout value (say, 30 or larger). Cheers