On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 17:10:22 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > (Added Cc: LSML) > > Tino Keitel wrote at linux1394-user: > > with my SATA and USB drives, I used to use the manage_start_stop setting > > to make the disks spin down at suspend and shutdown. Here is an example > > for my USB disk: > > > > $ echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/4\:0\:0\:0/manage_start_stop > > > > This doesn't work with my firewire drive. The disk doesn't spin down. > > Of cause, I use the correct entry in /sys/class/scsi_disk/. > > Which kernel? I tested at least 2.6.24 and 2.6.25-rc. > Which disk? This is an ICY Box case with USB and Firewire interfaces. The hard disk is a Western Digital WD 3200 3,5" IDE disk. > Are there messages in dmesg which relate to this? Yes. At suspend: 2008-04-03_06:09:39.14083 kern.notice: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Synchronizing SCSI cache 2008-04-03_06:09:39.14088 kern.notice: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Stopping disk And at resume: 2008-04-03_06:09:39.17189 kern.debug: sd 6:0:0:0: resuming 2008-04-03_06:09:39.17190 kern.notice: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Starting disk Regards, Tino -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
