linux-kernel - Re: Disk spin down issue on shut down/suspend to disk

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Date:	Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:20:17 +0200
From:	Maciek Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Michał sed <sedmich@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, htejun@...il.com, hmh@....eng.br,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Disk spin down issue on shut down/suspend to disk

Rafael J. Wysocki pisze:
>> Shutdown is completely broken on HP NX6??? laptops.
> 
> It's not completely broken, it just handles disks incorrectly and we are not
> sure whether or not there are any serious consequences of that.  Moreover,
> it has happened for a long time now, AFAICT, so that's not a regression.

Maybe it isn't regression, we can call it no matter how, but this issue
can shorten disk live.


-- 
Maciej Rutecki
http://www.maciek.unixy.pl
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