From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Known_issues#Drives_which_perform_frequent_head_unloads_under_Linux Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:19:07 +0900 Message-ID: <48F439DB.5010508@kernel.org> References: <48EE2225.4050006@gmx.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:48413 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752651AbYJNGVF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:21:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48EE2225.4050006@gmx.ch> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Ele Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Ele wrote: > Hi > > Please add to your wiki page for WD green drives: > "workaround: Requires vendor specific tool wdidle3.exe to change the > configuration. > The tool can only be obtained via WD support*, _but_ in some cases > calling it with paramter /D does not disable automatic unloads.*" Care to share a bit more details? -- tejun