Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266132AbUALMoL (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:44:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266141AbUALMoL (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:44:11 -0500 Received: from [212.239.225.130] ([212.239.225.130]:641 "EHLO precious.kicks-ass.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266132AbUALMoE (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:44:04 -0500 From: Jan De Luyck To: Bart Samwel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Laptop-mode v7 for linux 2.6.1 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:43:34 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dax Kelson , Kiko Piris , Bartek Kania , Simon Mackinlay References: <3FFFD61C.7070706@samwel.tk> <200401121212.44902.lkml@kcore.org> <4002836A.8050908@samwel.tk> In-Reply-To: <4002836A.8050908@samwel.tk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401121343.34688.lkml@kcore.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1430 Lines: 48 On Monday 12 January 2004 12:22, Bart Samwel wrote:( > Jan De Luyck wrote: > > Patch applied, kernel built, laptop_mode activated, but my disk just > > doesn't want to spin down... > > [...] > > > But the disk never spins down. Not that I can tell, hdparm -C /dev/hda > > always tells me active/idle, and the sdsl tool also reports 100% disk > > spinning... > > > > anything else I have to activate/check? > > Two things to try: > > 1. Check your HD with hdparm -I /dev/hdX, and see what it says at the > "Standby timer values:" entry. Mine says: > > Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum Mine gives: Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific minimum (is an HITACHI_DK23EA-40) > smart_spindown script instead (I posted this a while ago, with one of > the laptop_mode patches). Will do. > 2. Stop klogd, do "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump" and see which > process keeps your disk spun up using dmesg. Welll.... i see no READs, and the writes i see is spamd, kmail, pdflush, reiserfs/0. Jan -- The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the `social sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest Rutherford - 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/