linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ide: Stop disks on reboot for laptop which cuts power

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Message-ID: <49EC299D.5020102@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:57 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
CC:	Linux IDE <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux SCSI <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ide: Stop disks on reboot for laptop which cuts power

Bruno Prémont wrote:
> My laptop (Acer Travelmate 660) always cuts the power when rebooting
> which causes the disk to emergency-park it's head.
> 
> Add a dmi check to stop disk as for shutdown on this laptop.

Hmm... yeah, I also noticed this behavior on several machines I have
here.  Most were beta BIOSen.

Maybe it's worth to shutdown drives on reboot on all machines?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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