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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/6] SATA Sil: Blacklist system that spins off disks during ACPI power off
    2009/1/19 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>:
    > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
    >
    > Some notebooks from HP have the problem that their BIOSes attempt to
    > spin down hard drives before entering ACPI system states S4 and S5.
    > This leads to a yo-yo effect during system power-off shutdown and the
    > last phase of hibernation when the disk is first spun down by the
    > kernel and then almost immediately turned on and off by the BIOS.
    > This, in turn, may result in shortening the disk's life times.
    >
    > To prevent this from happening we can blacklist the affected systems
    > using DMI information.
    >
    > Blacklist HP nx6325 that uses the sata_sil driver.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>

    Tested-by: Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>

    Tested on HP Compaq nx6310

    Thanks for patches
    --
    Maciej Rutecki
    http://www.maciek.unixy.pl


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