Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932132AbVKUA11 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:27:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932140AbVKUA11 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:27:27 -0500 Received: from mx.laposte.net ([81.255.54.11]:36660 "EHLO mx.laposte.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932132AbVKUA11 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:27:27 -0500 Subject: Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives? From: Nicolas Mailhot To: marc@perkel.com, asmith@vtrl.co.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-SdGp/R0zyFs0WfPzPnQ5" Organization: Perso Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:27:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1132532829.3498.6.camel@rousalka.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 (2.4.1-7) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2242 Lines: 72 --=-SdGp/R0zyFs0WfPzPnQ5 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I would agree with your view on IDE becoming obsolete on hard drives, > but I as yet, am not aware of any CD/DVD drives with a SATA interface. $ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: DVDR PX-716A Rev: 1.09 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6L300S0 Rev: BANC Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6L300S0 Rev: BANC Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 $ /sbin/lspci | grep -i scsi $ /sbin/lspci | grep -i ata 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 01:09.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) And BTW, # /sbin/hdparm -M 128 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting acoustic management to 128 acoustic =3D 0 (128=3Dquiet ... 254=3Dfast) (failure but I don't care the drive is old and already in AAM mode) # /sbin/hdparm -M 128 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting acoustic management to 128 HDIO_GET_ACOUSTIC failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device (This drive however is not and needs it dearly. Plus it's the Linux drive, so it's used most of the time) Regards, --=20 Nicolas Mailhot --=-SdGp/R0zyFs0WfPzPnQ5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Ceci est une partie de message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?num=E9riquement?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_sign=E9e?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkOBFFsACgkQI2bVKDsp8g2k2ACgpSeUrdVnXjqlydY+R0cKDKX5 Qb4AoIHWfNz/f0VMRj4sQyyMyd7Q6REI =NmS6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-SdGp/R0zyFs0WfPzPnQ5-- - 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/