linux-kernel - Re: [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd)

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Message-ID: <48EBF7F7.8080908@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:59:51 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Linda Walsh <smartmontools@...nx.org>
CC:	Smartmontools Mailing List 
	<smartmontools-support@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Bruce Allen <ballen@...vity.phys.uwm.edu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby
 or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd)

Linda Walsh wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Linda Walsh wrote:
>>  
>>> Controller is a Promise TX4/300
>>> Yeap.  After the drive goes offline, does unplugging and replugging
>>> the power cable to the harddrive makes it come back?
>>>     
> ----
>    No.  It hangs the computer. about 2-3 seconds after plugging the
> drives back in.  Did it twice to verify it wasn't a fluke.  Verified
> drives removed from /dev, then
> plugged them back in -- was able to do about 1-2 ls commands on /dev, then
> keyboard goes dead.
> 
>    First time I tried unplugging the power cables and replugging --
> that hung...
> 2nd time tried unplugging a sata cable and replugging -- that hung too.

Ah.. okay, so the controller went bonkers then.  Any chance you can
shell out ~15 bucks and try a sil SATA controller?

>    Hopefully you won't need any more tests of this exact nature...? :-)

Wasn't it fun and empowering?  :-P

-- 
tejun
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