Messages in this thread | | | From | "Daniela Engert" <> | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:46:43 +0100 (CET) | Subject | Re: [patch] My AMD IDE driver, v2.7 |
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:11:03 -0500 (EST), Bill Davidsen wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Daniela Engert wrote: > >> >This behavior is permitted by the specification, as far as I know - >> >> Actually not. Have a look at page 36 of the current ATA6 specification. > >That's probably not the place to look, since drives will conform to the >specs in place when they were designed. If older specs did not require >automatic spinup, then ATA6 doesn't apply.
Well, then have a look at page 31 of the ATA3 spec. It tells you basically the same - just a little more terse ;-)
Ciao, Dani
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