Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:32:18 +0100 | From | Padraig Brady <> | Subject | Re: hdparm -Y hangup |
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jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote: >>This seems like a bug in the ide driver not issuing a reset? >> >>On RH7.3 (2.4.18-3) if I do: >>$ hdparm -Y /dev/hda >>$ do stuff and disk spins up >>$ hdparm -Y /dev/hda >>$ everything hangs waiting for disk > > It *IS* a bug, but only Mark Lord, (the hdparm maintainer), and I seem to care about it - everybody else says, "just do hdparm -y instead", which is missing the point.
Hrm, OK thanks for the info. Perhaps it should be removed from hdparm or a (DANGEROUS) put beside the description until it's fixed.
> > Incidently, I think you mean: > > On RH7.3 (2.4.18-3) if I do: > $ hdparm -y /dev/hda > $ do stuff and disk spins up > $ hdparm -Y /dev/hda > $ everything hangs waiting for disk > > with a lower case y for the first example.
No it seemed to wake up correctly the first time with -Y. As you say -y works always.
> So, unless you, I, or Mark Lord fixes it, it stays broken :-).
cheers, Pádraig.
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