From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Warnings on shutdown (Debian Etch and Kernel 2.6.22.9) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:00:28 +0900 Message-ID: <471DAA1C.4070608@gmail.com> References: <47099C24.3010504@mandic.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.190]:59806 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750891AbXJWIAf (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:00:35 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so1418200rvb for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:00:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <47099C24.3010504@mandic.com.br> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Renato S. Yamane" Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, miquels@cistron.nl Renato S. Yamane wrote: > Hi for all, > I use Kernel 2.6.22.9 with CFS-v22 patch under Debian Etch. > > I cc Miquel because he is commented in man page of shutdown utilitie. > > When I shutdown my laptop, I see some warnings after "Will be halt now". > This message is something about "Spindown error" (this message is very > fast and I can't read all warnings, and don't found it on logs). > > I read in www.linux-ata.org/shutdown.html that is about shutdown utilitie. > > So, my questions is: > - This is dangerous? Can damage something? If your drive sounds funny on shutdown, it could. Your drive is supposed to sound the same way it sounds when you execute "hdparm -y /dev/sdX". > - How can I help to fix this warning? I believe there's already update out but you can edit some configuration file (can't remember which ATM) such that "-h" option is not passed to halt. Google should be able to tell you which file it is. -- tejun