From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263008AbVGaBX7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:23:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263041AbVGaBX6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:23:58 -0400 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:37079 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263008AbVGaBX6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:23:58 -0400 Message-ID: <42EC2829.2080108@pobox.com> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:23:53 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050720) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yaroslav Halchenko CC: linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: 2.6.8 -> 2.6.11 (+ata-dev patch) -- HDD is always on References: <20050729041031.GU16285@washoe.onerussian.com> <42E9AFC6.9010805@pobox.com> <20050731001138.GG16285@washoe.onerussian.com> In-Reply-To: <20050731001138.GG16285@washoe.onerussian.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:25:42AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>Does this happen in unpatched 2.6.12.3 or 2.6.13-rc4? > > now tested both of them -- light is constantly on in both. > > does the HDD LED always signals about hardware activity or it can just > be sticky and not reset properly? As long as the system otherwise functions properly, the LED is the least of our worries... Jeff