[ltp] Re: hard disk spindown related lockups

[Shannon McMackin]

Laptop-mode is not even set up on my RHEL 4 implementation.  There's a 
document in the kernel source tree, but other than that, it's non-existent.

sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 03:32:10PM +0100, Uwe Walter wrote:
> 
>>"Feels" more like an OS bug, if you ask me. The HD simply does not wake
>>up properly, when it should and this hangs the system.
>>
>>However, if I remember correctly (i'm not sure), mine *did* wake up on
>>these occasions (audible), but the system hung anyway, so it did
>>probably just not get noticed that the HD woke up, or timed out waiting
>>for it, or whatever...
> 
> 
> Yeah that's the case for me too. This lockup definitely has something to do
> with the drive spinning up. I can usually hear it doing so when the lockup
> occurs.
>