Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751612AbYFUOA5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750905AbYFUOAs (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:48 -0400 Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:4664 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750860AbYFUOAs (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:48 -0400 Message-ID: <485D098E.3080109@rtr.ca> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:46 -0400 From: Mark Lord Organization: Real-Time Remedies Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Soeren Sonnenburg Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: hdparm -M acoustic management for sata disks? References: <1214043295.17302.16.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1214043295.17302.16.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 743 Lines: 27 Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > Dear all, > > why is acoustic management via hdparm not supported for sata disks? > > # hdparm -M /dev/sda > > /dev/sda: > acoustic = not supported .. No, that means that your *drive* doesn't support it. Check for yourself, with "hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep Acoustic". .. > Is there any patch flying around that already enables this or even any > ETA in the current mainstream? .. No patch required -- hdparm (newer versions) already do this correctly. Cheers -- 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/