On Wednesday 17 September 2008 09:38:37 Elias Oltmanns wrote: > On user request (through sysfs), the IDLE IMMEDIATE command with UNLOAD > FEATURE as specified in ATA-7 is issued to the device and processing of > the request queue is stopped thereafter until the specified timeout > expires or user space asks to resume normal operation. This is supposed > to prevent the heads of a hard drive from accidentally crashing onto the > platter when a heavy shock is anticipated (like a falling laptop expected > to hit the floor). Port resets are deferred whenever a device on that > port is in the parked state. > > Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> applied -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
