Hi, On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:40:43 +0900 Tejun Heo wrote: > Is it a laptop? Yes it is, it's a IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m (9453A11) > Does 'hdparm -y' cause the same thing? No, neither -y nor -Y cause these messages. > Can you post "hdparm -I"? Here we go: /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: TOSHIBA MK1032GSX Serial Number: MYSERIAL:) Firmware Revision: AS024E Standards: Supported: 6 5 4 Likely used: 6 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 195371568 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 195371568 device size with M = 1024*1024: 95396 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 100030 MBytes (100 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: 128 DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * General Purpose Logging feature set * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Host-initiated interface power management * Phy event counters * Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase 74min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Checksum: correct HTH Evgeni -- 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