From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 08:19:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEAB16A4AB for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:19:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corecode@fs.ei.tum.de) Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [IPv6:2001:4ca0:22ff:10::7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2626713C4A3 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corecode@fs.ei.tum.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E43280E5; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:19:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fs.ei.tum.de Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id o81wJkAxRmg4; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:19:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sweatshorts.home.corecode.ath.cx (85-218-3-9.dclient.lsne.ch [85.218.3.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by stella.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26296280D5; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:19:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46C2B709.20604@fs.ei.tum.de> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:19:21 +0200 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070627) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= References: <07081411265549.-1077952816@somehost.domainz.com> <20070814030833.49a7a030@soralx> <20070814041736.4c16f41e@soralx> <07081416114656.-1077948560@somehost.domainz.com> <86r6m5231w.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86r6m5231w.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Sven Hazejager Subject: Re: How to stop attached USB device / send IRP_MN_REMOVE_DEVICE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:19:27 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Sven Hazejager 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 / \