Applies to 2.6.20-rc6. ---
libata's SCSI translation for the SCSI START STOP UNIT command with the START bit clear (i.e. stopping the drive) appears to be incorrect. It sends an ATA STANDBY command with the time period set to 0, which the code comment says means "now", but the ATA standard says this means disable the standby timer, which effectively does nothing. Change this to issue a STANDBY IMMEDIATE command which will actually spin the drive down. The SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) standard revision 9 concurs with this choice.
Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/
--- linux-2.6.20-rc6nv/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c 2007-01-28 16:59:58.000000000 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.20-rc6nvedit/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c 2007-01-28 17:30:12.000000000 -0600 @@ -983,11 +983,10 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_start_stop_ } tf->command = ATA_CMD_VERIFY; /* READ VERIFY */ - } else { - tf->nsect = 0; /* time period value (0 implies now) */ - tf->command = ATA_CMD_STANDBY; - /* Consider: ATA STANDBY IMMEDIATE command */ - } + } else + /* Issue ATA STANDBY IMMEDIATE command */ + tf->command = ATA_CMD_STANDBYNOW1; + /* * Standby and Idle condition timers could be implemented but that * would require libata to implement the Power condition mode page