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Message-ID: <465604AA.3040909@rtr.ca> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:33:30 -0400 From: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> To: Fabio A Correa <facorread@...il.com> Cc: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc2 and libata/shutdown Fabio A Correa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Damien, people... > > Damien Wyart wrote: >> Hello, >> >> After trying 2.6.22-rc2, I noticed the warning message from libata about >> upgrading shutdown(8). First, I have two SATA disks, and get the warning for >> only one of them. Second, I double-checked the source of shutdown for my >> distro (Debian unstable), and do not see anything related to issueing >> STANDBYNOW. > > The warning is pretty important, and you can check it at > > http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html > > I have been checking the sysvinit sources and I cannot see the portions on scanning SCSI or SATA > disks. I only see the IDE scanning and standby-related code at src/hddown.c. Does anybody know > how in the world are the SATA disks put to sleep in userspace? Well, *if* they are being put to sleep, then this is almost certainly being done with a call to "hdparm -y" or "hdparm -Y". Yes, hdparm works just fine with SATA drives too. Cheers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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