https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229210 axgrau@yahoo.co.uk changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|axgrau@yahoo.co.uk | ------- Comment #2 from axgrau@yahoo.co.uk 2007-01-08 15:06 MST ------- According to the specifications on the Hitachi website, the required power-off sequence is: 1) Issue one of the following commands: - Standby - Standby immediate - Sleep without issuing the Flush Cache command 2) Wait until the Command Complete status is returned. 3) Terminate power to HDD This is on page 31 of the pdf at www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/17351B59F3028F4486256D3D0065D995/$file/d7k250S_sp.pdf It seems to me that step 1 is not performed correctly by the vanilla kernel, and I would consider this is a bug that could potentially lead to the damage of the disk. The fix used in Suse 10.1 doesn't seem trivially applicable to the new kernel, so I'm sorry I have not the knowledge to propose a patch. I also found a similar report in Ubuntu (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/63937) which has been forwarded upstream (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7396). Unfortunately this hasn't been addressed so far. I should add that the disk spins down properly when I suspend to ram. Hopefully this issue will be resolved upstream, but it would be nice if a fix were made available also for Suse 10.2. Thank you. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.