This behavior is not covered by the specs. It would have to be specific to the particular device you're working with.
Do you know that windows is spinning down the disk? The standard 'eject device' command under windows just syncs the buffers. Matt On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:34:32PM +0200, Eduard Hasenleithner wrote: > Hello experts. > > Is it possible to set the spindown timeout of a usb-storage device which > is actually a ATA harddisk? Usually I would call > > hdparm -S241 /dev/hda > > or something similar in order to shutdown my directly attached ata > harddisk after 30 minutes of inactivity. This does IMHO not work since > usb-storage devices are offered as scsi to the kernel. > > I know from the windows drivers it is at least possible to spin-down the > disk before removing it. Is there a special usb command for deactivating > usb devices? > > So what does a solution look like? > > 1) a special tool for spinning down scsi disks exists and > is compatible with usb-storage. > 2) hdparm can send ide commandos to the usb device. > 3) special usb command. > 4) ? > > Are there any comments in the usb-storage specs (which i haven't read yet)? > > Thanks for any information. > > greetings, > Eduard Hasenleithner > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber Inc. > Don't miss the IM event of the season | Special offer for OSDN members! > JabberConf 2002, Aug. 20-22, Keystone, CO http://www.jabberconf.com/osdn > _______________________________________________ > Linux-usb-usersOlists.sourceforge.net > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver C: They kicked your ass, didn't they? S: They were cheating! -- The Chief and Stef User Friendly, 11/19/1997
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