Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 22:08:17 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Rose <rose@rose.nu> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE Drive spindown timeout Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102252204250.46852-100000@k9.rose.nu>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I would like this to work, too. I have the exact same situation. This can be done easily with scsi drives. Is there some reason that we can't spin down ide drives? Steve Rose "Joe Gleason" <clash@tasam.com> wrote: > I have searched the lists and haven't found any answer to this question. > Is there a way to either force an IDE drive to spindown or set the idle > timeout for it? > I have a drive that I use for backups. I would like to have it spin down, > use less power and make less noise when not in use. > atapci1: <Promise ATA100 controller> port > 0x8000-0x803f,0x7c00-0x7c03,0x7800-0x7807,0x7400-0x7403,0x7000-0x7007 mem > 0xe4000000-0xe401ffff irq 9 at device 18.0 on pci0 > ata2: at 0x7000 on atapci1 > ata3: at 0x7800 on atapci1 > <lines omited> > ad4: 73308MB <IBM-DTLA-307075> [148945/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 > ad6: 73308MB <IBM-DTLA-307075> [148945/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.10102252204250.46852-100000>