Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:45:28 +0200 | From | emisca <> | Subject | Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot |
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So, removing -d halt option solves this problem?
2007/4/20, Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@gmail.com>: > Bingo! > I switched from ata_piix.c to piix_ide.c and the "pop" disappeared. > > I must say that the "pop" also disappeared after suspending to disk > using suspend2 (obviously without executing halt -n -h -p) . In both > cases it was present with the previous setup. > > This is with a pure PATA setup with no SATA ports and the disk is: > > hda: TOSHIBA MK8025GAS, ATA DISK drive > > Many thanks! > regards, > Fabio > > > > > On 4/19/07, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote: > > Stephen Clark wrote: > > > Mark Lord wrote: > > > > > >> Mark Lord wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> With the patch applied, I don't see *any* new activity in those > > >>> S.M.A.R.T. > > >>> attributes over multiple hibernates (Linux "suspend-to-disk"). > > >>> > > >> > > >> Scratch that -- operator failure. ;) > > >> The patch makes no difference over hibernates in the SMART logs. > > >> > > >> It's still logging extra Power-Off_Retract_Count pegs, > > >> which it DID NOT USED TO DO not so long ago. > > >> > > >> Now I'll poke at the shutdown again. > > >> > > >> Meanwhile, Stephen: Could you try without this line in the patched file: > > >> > > >> case ATA_16: > > >> + dev->needs_sync_cache = 1; > > >> > > >> Ie. comment out that last "dev->needs_sync_cache" line. > > >> > > >> > > > No joy - even with that line commented out I get a click and my > > > Power-Off_Retract_Count has incremented. > > > > > > > I found a solution of sorts on Fedora 6: > > > > > > Edit /etc/rc0.d/S01halt, changing the third-from-last line so it reads: > > > > HALTARGS="-d -h -n" > > > > Then use the halt(8) command to shut down and turn off the power manually. > > No click and the "retract" counter does not increment. (Even this procedure > > incremented the counter until I changed the script.) > > > > Seems safe, using the IDE drivers, since they sync the cache anyway. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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