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Date:      Thu, 16 May 2002 12:00:47 +0200
From:      "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp@wsr.ac.at>
To:        aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI HD spin down
Message-ID:  <20020516120047.C20076@wsr.ac.at>
In-Reply-To: <20020516080114.0FBC337B413@hub.freebsd.org>; from spiessli@ieee.org on Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:01:12AM %2B0200
References:  <200205151454.g4FEsM990428@aslan.scsiguy.com> <20020515151834.3188737B408@hub.freebsd.org> <3CE27DB1.6060606@cae.co.za> <20020516080114.0FBC337B413@hub.freebsd.org>

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On 2002-05-16 10:01:12 +0200, Norman Urs Baier wrote:
> Is there a utility, such as hdparm, which I can use to set and get settin=
gs=20
> of the SCSI Disk? Has the aic7xxx driver some (undocumented) Options? You=
r=20
> answer makes me believe, that in fact the disk should spin down!?=20

AFAIK the Linux SCSI driver cannot spin down disks. There used to be a
patch but it was never incorporated into the kernel (on grounds of "scsi
disks are for servers and servers don't spin down disks") and I don't
know if it is still maintained.

	hp

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