On Tuesday, 7 August 2007 22:09, Maciej Rutecki wrote: > 2007/8/7, Michael Sedkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I did some additional checking today... > > On kernels prior to 2.6.22 line, the bug exists and manifests itself > > exactly the same way. However, when I removed the "-h" flag > > from /etc/init.d/halt, the drive spins down only once on "Power down" > > message and there is no sign of the bug and the emergency unload count > > remains constant. I've verified this on kernels 2.6.21.6; 2.6.20.4; > > 2.6.18-4-686-Etch. > > The obvious conclusion is that something must have changed it the 2.6.22 > > kernels, so that removing the "-h" has no effect. > > I dunno if my observations are of any value, but I thought You should > > know... > > I confirm this. First 2.6.21-rcx works OK (if I remember). In > 2.6.22(.1) remove -h option doesn't help - only warning message > dissapear, and double spin down also exists in suspend to disk.
Well, on my box (nx6325) with the appended (experimental) patch applied on top of 2.6.23-rc1 with the patchset from http://www.sisk.pl/kernel/hibernation_and_suspend/2.6.23-rc2/patches/ , the double spin down doesn't occur during hibernation and the system is shut down notceably faster. Greetings, Rafael --- kernel/power/disk.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.23-rc2/kernel/power/disk.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc2.orig/kernel/power/disk.c 2007-08-06 14:04:07.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc2/kernel/power/disk.c 2007-08-07 21:10:59.000000000 +0200 @@ -223,15 +223,23 @@ int hibernation_platform_enter(void) int error; if (hibernation_ops) { - kernel_shutdown_prepare(SYSTEM_SUSPEND_DISK); /* * We have cancelled the power transition by running * hibernation_ops->finish() before saving the image, so we * should let the firmware know that we're going to enter the * sleep state after all */ - error = hibernation_ops->prepare(); - sysdev_shutdown(); + error = hibernation_ops->start(); + if (!error) { + suspend_console(); + error = device_suspend(PMSG_SUSPEND); + } + if (!error) + error = hibernation_ops->prepare(); + if (!error) + error = disable_nonboot_cpus(); + if (!error) + error = device_power_down(PMSG_SUSPEND); if (!error) error = hibernation_ops->enter(); } else { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
