Messages in this thread | | | From | Nigel Cunningham <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make libata not powerdown drivers on PM_EVENT_FREEZE. | Date | Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:16:03 +1000 |
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Hi.
On Thursday 23 March 2006 22:06, Andrew Morton wrote: > Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com> wrote: > > 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. > > Does this explain http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6264 ?
Yes, it does.
> This might be 2.6.16.1 material - how irritating is it?
Very. It extends the time to write the image, but as mentioned above, I'm more concerned by the fact that (assuming I understand correctly), it's using up the limited number of power cycles a drive can handle.
Regards,
Nigel [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |