[ltp] hdparm & spindown time : still having problems

[Paul RIVIER]

And again, in any case, hdparm -y /dev/hda works.
Again, this is *not* a IO problem.
Any idea please ?

paul

> Ok sorry it was late here in france :)
> So, here are raw results :
>
> * Experience 1 :
> hdparm -B 255 -S 1 /dev/hda
> --> After 5 seconds of IO inactivity, head park (can hear "clong" and 
> check it with headpark code), no spindown
>
> * Experience 2 :
> hdparm -B 255 -S 2 /dev/hda
> --> After 10 seconds of IO inactivity, head park, no spindown
>
> and so on, 15s for -S3 etc.
>
> * Experience 3 :
> hdparm -B128 -S1 /dev/hda
> --> After ~ 4 seconds of IO inactivity, head park, no spindown
>
> * Experience 4 :
> hdparm -B128 -S2 /dev/hda
> --> After ~ 7 seconds of IO inactivity, head park, no spindown
>
> * Experience 5 :
> hdparm -B1 -S1 /dev/hda
> --> After ~ 4 seconds of IO inactivity, head park, no spindown
>
> * Experience 6 :
> hdparm -B1 -S2 /dev/hda
> --> After ~ 7 seconds of IO inactivity, head park, no spindown
>
> Regards
>
> paul