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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem in IDE Disks cache handling in kernel 2.4.XX
To: fverscheure@wanadoo.fr
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:19:59 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <20030110095558.E144CFF11@postfix4-1.free.fr> from "Francis Verscheure" at Jan 10, 2003 10:54:53 AM
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> And by the way how are powered off the IDE drives ?
> Because a FLUSH CACHE or STANDY or SLEEP is MANDATORY before
> powering off the drive with cache enabled or you will enjoy lost
> data.

This was discussed on the list a few months ago:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103188486216124&w=2

I'm not sure it really got fully resolved, I had disks that would
spin down and then spin up again, because of the order that the
standby and flush cache commands were sent.

John
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