[ltp] Does hdaps [APS] work on non-Thinkpad hard drives?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 06 May 2007, r8scq7b02@sneakemail.com wrote:
> On Saturday 05 May 2007 13:59, Shem Multinymous multinymous-at-gmail.com |
> linux_thinkpad| wrote:
> > The Hitachi 7K60 and Hitachi 5K160  have detailed ATA specs but
> > neither mentions UNLOAD IMMEDIATE. The ThinkPad-branded 7K60 does
> > support UNLOAD IMMEDIATE  (despite not reporting the capability). So
> > either Hitachi's specs are unreliable or Lenovo uses patched firmware.
> 
> I should also note that the hard drive that came with my laptop supporting 
> UNLOAD IMMEDIATE is a Toshiba.

*ALL* laptop HDs you can get from IBM/Lenovo will support it. That *is* the
point of their firmware changes...

-- 
  "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