Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:22:32 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load_Cycle_Count and ATA APM Message-ID: <20080206082232.sve539q3ggk0ok8s@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20080205203826.GT57756@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20080205130210.GQ57756@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20080205173657.z4l7gf18g00ssso4@webmail.leidinger.net> <20080205203826.GT57756@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Quoting Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> (from Tue, 5 Feb 2008 =20 22:38:27 +0200): > [Replying to the original list of the recipients]. > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:36:57PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Quoting Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> (from Tue, 5 Feb 2008 >> 15:02:10 +0200): >> >> >I noted that when idle, my laptop HDD increases the Load_Cycle_Count >> >(193) approx. each ten seconds, as reported by smartctl. Have recently >> >read about the Ubuntu and APM mode for hard drives, I searched for the >> >tool to tune APM (that has functionality similar to linux' hdparm -B). >> > >> >It seems that FreeBSD does not have a tool ? Am I wrong ? In case I did >> >not make a mistake, below is the patch that allows to manage APM state >> >of the hard drive using atacontrol. >> >> Any chance to also handle automatic acoustic management at the same time? > > http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/misc/ata_setcap.2.patch Yeah, fast. :) Whitespace error for the comment in the line of the ATA_SF_DIS_AAC define? Bye, Alexander. --=20 The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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