Messages in this thread |  | | From | "peter k." <> | Subject | Re: patch to put IDE drives in sleep-mode after an halt | Date | Thu, 24 May 2001 14:29:29 +0200 |
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> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:03:49PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura wrote: > > I am submitting a patch to kernel/sys.c that walks through all > > IDE drives (#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE, of course), and issues a > > "sleep" command (as code in hdparam) to each one of them right before > > the kernel halts. Here goes the diff: > > I'm not going to comment on the idea, just the implementation. Eww.
imho the idea is very good i was already wondering why the kernel doesnt spin down the hds when i shutdown... and its necessary because if you want to move your box the hd heads should be parked!
- peter k.
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