On 05/07/2010 11:33 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > I'm not sure the usefulness is limited, as it definitely avoids power > spikes on server BIOSen that care. So, are there actually machines which get affected by this? In that case, sure, the current behavior is the right one. > Also, it seems unwise for the Linux SATA driver to do the exact > -opposite- of what the SSS bit intends, by default. Yeah, well, the thing is that SSS in itself doesn't really indicate need for staggered spin up. It just says it knows how to. Thanks. -- tejun -- 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
