Hi folks,
on my acer2930z Load_Cycle_Count increase every 5 seconds when idle.
Setting APM_LEVEL to 200 (default 128) fix the issue, LCC doesn't not
increase anymore.
## hdparm -I output:
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: Hitachi HTS543225L9A300
Serial Number: 090312FB2D06LJGP00RH
Firmware Revision: FBEOC40C
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II
Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6; Revision: ATA8-AST T13 Project
D1697 Revision 0b
Standards:
Used: ATA-8-ACS revision 3f
Supported: 8 7 6 5
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 488397168
Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 238475 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 250059 MBytes (250 GB)
cache/buffer size = 7114 KBytes (type=DualPortCache)
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 5400
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific
minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 128
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
*udma6
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
Power-Up In Standby feature set
* SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
SET_MAX security extension
Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
* 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
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* NCQ priority information
Non-Zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS
DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
In-order data delivery
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
100min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 102min for ENHANCED SECURITY
ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000cca55ec98be1
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 000cca
Unique ID : 55ec98be1
Checksum: correct
## smartctl -a output:
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: Hitachi HTS543225L9A300
Serial Number: 090312FB2D06LJGP00RH
Firmware Version: FBEOC40C
User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 3f
Local Time is: Sun Dec 13 11:44:15 2009 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection:
Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine
completed
without error or no self-test
has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 645) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection
on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon
new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test
supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging
supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 102) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always
- 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail
Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 253 253 033 Pre-fail Always
- 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 39
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always
- 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always
- 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail
Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 48
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always
- 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 39
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 5
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 3636
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 152 152 000 Old_age Always
- 36 (Lifetime Min/Max 22/53)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute
delay.
## ps ax output while idle:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? Ss 0:00 init [5]
2 ? S< 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S< 0:00 [migration/0]
4 ? S< 0:01 [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/0]
9 ? S< 0:00 [events/0]
11 ? S< 0:00 [khelper]
12 ? S< 0:00 [netns]
13 ? S< 0:00 [async/mgr]
14 ? S< 0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
16 ? S< 0:00 [kblockd/0]
18 ? S< 0:00 [kacpid]
19 ? S< 0:00 [kacpi_notify]
20 ? S< 0:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
21 ? S< 0:00 [ata/0]
23 ? S< 0:00 [ata_aux]
24 ? S< 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
25 ? S< 0:00 [khubd]
26 ? S< 0:00 [kseriod]
27 ? S< 0:00 [kondemand/0]
29 ? S 0:00 [khungtaskd]
30 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
31 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
32 ? S< 0:00 [kswapd0]
33 ? S< 0:00 [aio/0]
40 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
41 ? S< 0:01 [scsi_eh_1]
42 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
43 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
56 ? S< 0:00 [kpsmoused]
57 ? S< 0:00 [usbhid_resumer]
291 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald2]
388 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
457 ? S< 0:00 [hd-audio0]
459 ? S< 0:00 [kmmcd]
466 ? S< 0:00 [kmemstick]
687 ? S< 0:00 [kstriped]
731 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald2]
732 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald2]
1086 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/acpid
1144 ? Ss 0:02 /bin/dbus-daemon --system
1176 ? Sl 0:00 /sbin/rsyslogd -c 4 -f /etc/rsyslog.conf
1241 ? S< 0:00 [kconservative/0]
1244 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes
1257 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
1326 ? S 0:00 hald-runner
1339 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on
/dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event8 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event3
/dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event9
1354 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
1355 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket
/var/run/acpid.socket
1369 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm
1373 ? S 0:01 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2
sec)
1384 tty7 Ss+ 8:44 /usr/bin/Xorg -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth
/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-r6ZgCG
1406 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/rpcbind
1413 ? S<sl 0:00 /sbin/auditd -s disable
1415 ? S<sl 0:00 /sbin/audispd
1416 ? S< 0:00 [kauditd]
1419 ? S< 0:00 [i915/0]
1444 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
1537 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
1546 ? Ss 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [mordor.local]
1600 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
1618 ? S 0:00 -:0
1630 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -o
PidFile=/var/run/sshd.init.pid
1633 ? Ssl 0:01 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
1638 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch
a9d72ddec698510152e118064b1be47a --binary-syntax --close-stderr
1641 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem-manager
1645 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -f
/var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
1647 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nm-system-settings --config
/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
1648 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --
print-address 7 --session
1672 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/smartd
1678 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/hddtemp -d -f /etc/hddtemp.db -p
7634 /dev/sda
1698 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
1700 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
1703 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
1705 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
1707 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
1709 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
2696 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde
2765 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
2808 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
2809 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --
print-address 7 --session
2817 ? Ss 0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running...
2818 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: klauncher [kdeinit] --fd=8
2820 ? S 0:01 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]
2874 ? S 0:00 kwrapper4 ksmserver
2875 ? Sl 0:00 kdeinit4: ksmserver [kdeinit]
2877 ? S 3:12 kwin -session
10147ccd3ec000126012357500000096690000_1260750232_889233
2879 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kglobalaccel [kdeinit]
2883 ? Sl 0:16 kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit]
2885 ? Sl 0:02 /usr/bin/knotify4
2892 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kaccess [kdeinit]
2899 ? Sl 0:01 kdeinit4: krunner [kdeinit]
2902 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: nepomukserver [kdeinit]
2913 ? S 0:02 kdeinit4: kmix [kdeinit] -session
10147ccd3ec000126012358500000096690010_1260750232_715395
2914 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-
authentication-agent-1
2918 ? S 0:01 /usr/bin/knetworkmanager
2922 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd
4022 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kio_file [kdeinit] file
local:/tmp/ksocket-dan/klauncherMT2818.slave-socket local:/tmp/ksocket-
dan/kaffeineXF4013.slave-socket
26142 ? S< 0:00 [migration/1]
26143 ? S< 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
26144 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/1]
26145 ? S< 0:00 [i915/1]
26146 ? S< 0:00 [kconservative/1]
26147 ? S< 0:00 [aio/1]
26148 ? S< 0:00 [kondemand/1]
26149 ? S< 0:00 [ata/1]
26150 ? S< 0:00 [kblockd/1]
26151 ? S< 0:00 [kintegrityd/1]
26152 ? S< 0:00 [events/1]
26154 ? S< 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
26155 ? S< 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
26365 ? Rl 0:01 kdeinit4: konsole [kdeinit]
26368 pts/1 Ss 0:00 /bin/bash
26378 pts/1 S 0:00 su root
26381 pts/1 S 0:00 bash
26484 pts/1 R+ 0:00 ps ax
## mounted filesystem:
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr,barrier=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr,barrier=0)
/dev/sda8 on /local type ext4 (rw,noatime,noacl,barrier=0)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
## uname -a:
Linux mordor 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03
+0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
openSUSE 11.2
related bug in novell bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545024
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