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    SubjectRe: Calling suspend() in halt/restart/shutdown -> not a good idea
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    Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:

    > Hi!
    >
    >> Why are we calling driver suspend routines in these ? This is _not_
    >
    > Well, reason is that if you remove device_suspend() you'll get
    > emergency hard disk park during powerdown. As harddrives can survive
    > only limited number of emergency stops, that is not a good idea.

    Then the practical question is: do we suspend the disk by
    calling device_suspend() for every device. Or do we modify
    the ->shutdown() method for the disk.

    Eric
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