Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 02:51:27 +0100 From: Andrea Campi <andrea@webcom.it> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, "[S_ren Schmidt]" <sos@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata ata-all.c ata-all.h ata-disk.c a Message-ID: <20010315025127.D3277@webcom.it> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010315113515.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:35:15AM %2B1030 References: <XFMail.010314170123.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <XFMail.010315113515.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:35:15AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>
> On 15-Mar-01 John Baldwin wrote:
> > > Any idea how that mechanism works?
> > > (ie how it powers the device down)
> > I think it powers down when you remove the device by virtue of the device
> > losing power. :) I think Windows just needs the notification to basically do
> > the equivalent of flushing all the buffers and unmounting it, etc.
>
> Hmm OK..
>
> I guess those sneaky laptop makers have done something to make it safe to pull the
> IDE devices with the power on.
AFAIK, on IBM IDE HD it's been safe for quite a few years now...
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If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed...
...Oh, wait a minute, he already does.
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