From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 24 May 2001 09:53:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 24 May 2001 09:53:20 -0400 Received: from pixie.isr.ist.utl.pt ([193.136.138.97]:27142 "EHLO pixie.isr.ist.utl.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 24 May 2001 09:53:09 -0400 To: Erik Mouw Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patch to put IDE drives in sleep-mode after an halt In-Reply-To: <20010524152048.D1477@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Rodrigo Ventura Date: 24 May 2001 14:52:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: Erik Mouw's message of "Thu, 24 May 2001 15:20:48 +0200" Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "Biscayne" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Mouw writes: Erik> What was wrong with "hdparm -Y /dev/hd*" in the halt/reboot Erik> script that you need to do it in kernel? Must be sure there is no disk access after the hdparm is run. It makes sense to me that IDE drivers could shut the drives off after their last access. Anyway, you've made a good point -- I'll try that tonight. Cheers, -- *** Rodrigo Martins de Matos Ventura *** Web page: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~yoda *** Teaching Assistant and PhD Student at ISR: *** Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Polo de Lisboa *** Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, PORTUGAL *** PGP fingerprint = 0119 AD13 9EEE 264A 3F10 31D3 89B3 C6C4 60C6 4585