Re: 2.6.22 libata spindown

Re: 2.6.22 libata spindown

[Jeff Garzik]

Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
> I'm still seeing the libata warning that disks were not spun down
> properly on the following two setups and am wondering whether I need
> a new shutdown binary or the changeset mentioned below is not meant
> to fix what I'm triggering by halt'ing.
> 
> If it's not a bug I will try to update my shutdown utility and if
> that does not work I promise not to bother lkml about a problem
> caused by my userland. If it is a bug I hope it will be of interest
> for 2.6.22 bug tracking.
> 
> Setup 1:
> SATA 1 Disks
> AMD64 3200+
> nVidia nForce 3 250 (Ultra?)
> Debian i386 Unstable
> 
> Setup 2:
> SATA 2 disks
> Core 2 Duo E6600
> Intel 975X
> Debian x86_64 Unstable
> 
> Just to be clear what warning I'm talking about:
> DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY. UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY
> For more info, visit http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html


IIRC, Debian was the one OS that really did need a shutdown utility 
update, as the message says :)

	Jeff

Re: 2.6.22 libata spindown

[Tuncer Ayaz]

On 6/1/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
> > I'm still seeing the libata warning that disks were not spun down
> > properly on the following two setups and am wondering whether I need
> > a new shutdown binary or the changeset mentioned below is not meant
> > to fix what I'm triggering by halt'ing.
> >
> > If it's not a bug I will try to update my shutdown utility and if
> > that does not work I promise not to bother lkml about a problem
> > caused by my userland. If it is a bug I hope it will be of interest
> > for 2.6.22 bug tracking.
> >
> > Setup 1:
> > SATA 1 Disks
> > AMD64 3200+
> > nVidia nForce 3 250 (Ultra?)
> > Debian i386 Unstable
> >
> > Setup 2:
> > SATA 2 disks
> > Core 2 Duo E6600
> > Intel 975X
> > Debian x86_64 Unstable
> >
> > Just to be clear what warning I'm talking about:
> > DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY. UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY
> > For more info, visit http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html
>
>
> IIRC, Debian was the one OS that really did need a shutdown utility
> update, as the message says :)

Thanks for the confirmation.

Re: 2.6.22 libata spindown

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> IIRC, Debian was the one OS that really did need a shutdown utility 
> update, as the message says :)

Actually, editing /etc/init.d/halt is enough.  Find the hddown="-h" and
change it to hddown="".

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh