Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:19:21 +0200 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Sven Hazejager <sven-freebsd@hazejager.nl> Subject: Re: How to stop attached USB device / send IRP_MN_REMOVE_DEVICE? Message-ID: <46C2B709.20604@fs.ei.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <86r6m5231w.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <07081411265549.-1077952816@somehost.domainz.com> <20070814030833.49a7a030@soralx> <20070814041736.4c16f41e@soralx> <07081416114656.-1077948560@somehost.domainz.com> <86r6m5231w.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Sven Hazejager <sven-freebsd@hazejager.nl> writes: >> No, camcontrol does not support this over USB. Windows XP demonstrates >> it is technically possible, and I do not believe it is fully safe to >> disconnect the drive (even when unmounted), as the drive then is not >> able to park its heads, which it DOES do under XP. > All modern disks (since at least the early 1990s) automatically park > their heads when they lose power. There is no need to do it in > software. So it seems that windows is switching off the power of the devices when you select "eject". I can see that some users might feel more comfortable with this behaviour. cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low €€€ NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \
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