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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:45:12 -0500
From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
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To: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make libata not powerdown drivers on PM_EVENT_FREEZE.
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Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Thursday 23 March 2006 23:52, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Nigel Cunningham wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> At the moment libata doesn't pass pm_message_t down ata_device_suspend.
>>> This causes drives to be powered down when we just want a freeze,
>>> causing unnecessary wear and tear. This patch gets pm_message_t passed
>>> down so that it can be used to determine whether to power down the
>>> drive.
>>>
>>> Prepared against git at the time of writing. Please apply.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>

Works very well here for me, and long overdue it was!

Thanks, Nigel!
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