Re: 2.6.22 libata spindown

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
> I'm still seeing the libata warning that disks were not spun down
> properly on the following two setups and am wondering whether I need
> a new shutdown binary or the changeset mentioned below is not meant
> to fix what I'm triggering by halt'ing.
>
> If it's not a bug I will try to update my shutdown utility and if
> that does not work I promise not to bother lkml about a problem
> caused by my userland. If it is a bug I hope it will be of interest
> for 2.6.22 bug tracking.
>
> Setup 1:
> SATA 1 Disks
> AMD64 3200+
> nVidia nForce 3 250 (Ultra?)
> Debian i386 Unstable
>
> Setup 2:
> SATA 2 disks
> Core 2 Duo E6600
> Intel 975X
> Debian x86_64 Unstable
>
> Just to be clear what warning I'm talking about:
> DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY. UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY
> For more info, visit http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html


IIRC, Debian was the one OS that really did need a shutdown utility 
update, as the message says :)

	Jeff


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