linux-kernel - Re: T500 cdrom drive never stops spinning until mount.

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Message-ID: <20100513130448.GA1967@elliptictech.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 09:04:49 -0400
From:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: T500 cdrom drive never stops spinning until mount.

On 19:02 Wed 12 May     , Robert Hancock wrote:
> Is something like hal, devicekit, etc. accessing the drive in this case? 
> Can you try a minimal boot with no unnecessary processes and see if the 
> same thing happens?

Good call, booting with init=/bin/zsh and sure enough, the cd drive
spins down.  Looks like udev is causing the constant spin-ups, so I'll
post to linux-hotplug instead.

Sorry for the noise,
-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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