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

[Shem Multinymous]

Hi,

On 9/22/06, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> Normal unloads are controlled, and do a lot less damage (as in "normal
> wear") to the head assembly and arms.  Hitachi is very explicit that
> emergency unloads are 100 times more stressful to their hardware than
> regular unloads, for example.  Given that you can actually *hear* the
> difference quite easily between the two unloads...

Ah, I didn't know that (got a reference by any chance?). It would be
well to push this for mainline acceptance, then; and to mention it on
the relevant ThinkWiki pages.

  Shem