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Message-ID: <8db1092f0907211132s1f77b376yadee21a2f60498c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:32:26 +0200 From: Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com> To: James Courtier-Dutton <James@...erbug.demon.co.uk> Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Disk access just before shutdown power off. 2009/7/20 James Courtier-Dutton <James@...erbug.demon.co.uk>: > Hi, > > When I shutdown my Linux laptop, it does an orderly shutdown with quite > a lot of HD activity during shutdown which eventually stops when the > screen goes blank. Then there is some delay (5-10 seconds) and then a > quick flurry of HD access just before it powers itself off. > Why is this last bit of HD access needed? > Surely, if the system is shut down enough to not use the screen any > more, why does it need the HD? > I am asking, because it would be nice to disable this need of the HD > just before it powers itself off. This would allow me to lift up the > laptop just a bit earlier and place it in my backpack when the screen > blanks without having to worry about HD failure due to shock. > I think it would be nicer if the HD would shut itself down just before > the screen goes blank. > It's HP/Compaq laptop? Regards -- Maciej Rutecki http://www.maciek.unixy.pl -- 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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