[ltp] Re: [PATCH] 2.6.17: Unload disks heads before powering down

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:12:56 -0300


On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, David Abrahams wrote:
>    Is it also true on a kernel with the SUSE patches applied that "S5
>    (power off) is *not* doing things right?"

No, it is not true.  The whole point of the patches is to get S5 to do
things right :-)

BTW, I really am not sure the patch will fix all incarnations of S4.  If S4
is doing things right, it should (i.e. if it either calls the S3 or S5
path).

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh