Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:57:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:57:37 -0400 Received: from 62-190-202-1.pdu.pipex.net ([62.190.202.1]:41732 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:57:36 -0400 From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com Message-Id: <200209141709.g8EH9Bts002237@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: Possible bug and question about ide_notify_reboot in drivers/ide/ide.c (2.4.19) To: alex14641@yahoo.com (Alex Davis) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:09:11 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020913023744.78077.qmail@web40510.mail.yahoo.com> from "Alex Davis" at Sep 12, 2002 07:37:44 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 863 Lines: 20 > Second, why do we need to put the disks on standby before halting? So that data that is in their internal RAM cache is flushed before the power is switched off. > I ask because putting the disks on standby puts my hard drives into a coma!! > When I power up after a halt, I have to go into the BIOS and force auto-detect to wake > them back up. I've removed the "standby" code and things seem to be functioning normally. That is very strange. > I have an Epox 8K7A motherboard with two Maxtor Hard drives (model 5T040H4). Never experienced that with a Maxtor hard disk. Best person to ask would be Alan. John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/