From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Richter Subject: Re: Hack to fix not working spindown over Firewire Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 00:53:05 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <20080429232606.GA14261@dose.home.local> <481874BD.5010807@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20080507180042.GA32629@dose.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: INLINE List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux1394-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux1394-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Tino Keitel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org I wrote: > 1) FireWire to IDE or to SATA chipset > 2) start bit is honored: > "sg_start --stop" stops the motor and "sg_start" restarts it > 3) power condition field is honored: > "sg_start --pc=3" stops the motor and "sg_start --pc=1 restarts it > 4) peripheral device type claimed by the firmware > 5) vendor and model of the enclosure > > > 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) > bridge start pc PDT enclosure > -------------------------------------------------------------- ... > TSB42AA9 no yes SBC DViCO MomoBay CX-1 > TSB42AA9A yes yes RBC DViCO MomoBay FX-3A Correction: While the FX-3A stops the motor if START STOP UNIT with an equivalent to "sg_start --stop", it does not work correctly anymore after it. Certain commands after that will hang the firmware up; notably those sent when sd_mod is probing the disk. I.e. FX-3A fails not exactly as CX-1, but similarly. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- -=-= -=-== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone