Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:38:55 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: brianc@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: scsi spindown Message-ID: <199703030708.RAA02623@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970303013147.brianc@netrover.com> from Brian Campbell at "Mar 3, 97 01:31:47 am"
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Brian Campbell stands accused of saying: > Has anyone modified FreeBSD-anything to spindown scsi (direct) drives > after some period of non-use? > > Seems simple enough, but while just using timeout and printf seemed to > work, actually calling scsi_stop_unit crashed my machine. So, before I > start debugging, I figured I'd check and see if it had been done before. A lot of disks will refuse to spin down. Better to configure your disks to spin themselves down using scsi(8) if they support it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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