Re: 2.6.22-rc2 and libata/shutdown

[Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>]

Fabio A Correa wrote:
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> Hello Damien, people...
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> 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.
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> 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?

Well, *if* they are being put to sleep, then this is almost certainly
being done with a call to "hdparm -y" or "hdparm -Y".

Yes, hdparm works just fine with SATA drives too.

Cheers
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