> I am currently doing a kernel module involves detecting/changing > disk mode among STANDBY and ACTIVE/IDLE. I used ide_cmd_wait() to issue > commands like WIN_IDLEIMMEDIATELY and WIN_STANDBYNOW1. The problem is, a > drive in standby mode will automatically awake whenever a disk operation > is requested and I need to know the mode change as soon as possible. (So I AFAIK there's no nice way to get that info, but it is useful, so patch would be welcome. -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/