Re: 2.6.22-rc2 and libata/shutdown

[Fabio A Correa <facorread@gmail.com>]

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Hello Damien, people...

Damien Wyart wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After trying 2.6.22-rc2, I noticed the warning message from libata about
> upgrading shutdown(8). First, I have two SATA disks, and get the warning for
> only one of them. Second, I double-checked the source of shutdown for my
> distro (Debian unstable), and do not see anything related to issueing
> STANDBYNOW.

The warning is pretty important, and you can check it at

http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html

I have been checking the sysvinit sources and I cannot see the portions on scanning SCSI or SATA
disks. I only see the IDE scanning and standby-related code at src/hddown.c. Does anybody know
how in the world are the SATA disks put to sleep in userspace?

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