Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:24:09 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] SATA ACPI build (applies to 2.6.16-git9) |
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Hi!
> > > If you really need this enabled to be able to use suspend/resume at > > > all, you could add a line like: > > > > > > It's safe to say Y. If you say N, you might get serious disk > > > corruption when you suspend your machine. > > > > That's simply not true. If you say N (if you could), you could risk > > having a non-responsive disk after resume. However, it would have been > > synced a suspend time so you wont corrupt anything. > > If you do not execute the ACPI taskfiles for the device and you are > doing an ACPI suspend you are in completely undefined space. Whether it > eats your disk or not is a question of probabilities only. Yes its > unlikely but you are in undefined space so "won't corrupt anything" > indicates an inappropriate level of certainty.
Okay, but being in undefined state still does not warrant "you might get serious disk corruption when you suspend your machine." . What about:
It's safe to say Y. If you say N, you may run into problems after you suspend your machine.
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