On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:55:44 +0100 Elias Oltmanns wrote: > # hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda > # hdparm --idle-unload /dev/sda > # hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda > # echo 1000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads > # hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda Here come my test results: shinkupaddo# ./hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda /dev/sda: issuing idle_immediate command shinkupaddo# dmesg -c ata1.00: SError: 0x0 shinkupaddo# ./hdparm --idle-unload /dev/sda /dev/sda: issuing idle_immediate_unload command shinkupaddo# dmesg -c ata1.00: SError: 0x0 shinkupaddo# ./hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda /dev/sda: issuing idle_immediate command shinkupaddo# dmesg -c ata1.00: SError: 0x0 shinkupaddo# echo 1000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads shinkupaddo# dmesg -c ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xf ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake } ata1: hard resetting link ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1.00: SError: 0x0 ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 succeeded ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 filtered out ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 filtered out ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 succeeded ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 filtered out ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 filtered out ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata1: EH complete sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors: (100 GB/93.1 GiB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors: (100 GB/93.1 GiB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA shinkupaddo# ./hdparm --idle-immediate /dev/sda /dev/sda: issuing idle_immediate command shinkupaddo# dmesg -c ata1.00: SError: 0x0 Any additional shinkupaddo# echo 1000 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads Gives only ata1.00: SError: 0x0 Regards 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