[ltp] Re: Q: HD active protection sys for Linux???

Thomas Graham linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:18:51 +0800


I heard that the parking action on HD are less than 0.5second


On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:16:54 -0700, Hein Roehrig
<thinkpad-list@hein.roehrig.name> wrote:
> Nick Bower <nick@nickbower.com> writes:
> 
> > So is anyone still convinced that APS is unavailable if you run windows
> > natively then switch to linux?  Afterall wouldn't it defeat the purpose
> > of having APS if it had to be activated everytime from a driver,
> > especially in a non-RTOS?
> 
> Reading the driver change log on the IBM site strongly suggests that
> they do most of the magic in software in the driver.
> 
> -Hein
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