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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-11 16:03:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-11 16:03:03 -0700 |
| commit | fb2c922b8588115d8914492493a37109bfb07884 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b532d2989d998b1997bf04eae0f3eb15f1843b5 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9ce3075c20d458040138690edfdf6446664ec3ee (diff) | |
| parent | b9a3b4d1453689f2927668fcdc4827fdccf44d1b (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev
* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev:
pata_platform: don't use generic ata_port_start
Use menuconfig objects: libata
add the ATI SB700 SATA controller device id to AHCI pci table
Add the combined mode for ATI SB700
pata_pcmcia: recognize 2GB CompactFlash from Transcend
git-libata-all: sata_via build fix
libata-acpi: clean up parameters and misc stuff
libata-acpi: s/CONFIG_SATA_ACPI/CONFIG_ATA_ACPI/
libata: give devices one last chance even if recovery failed with -EINVAL
libata: fallback to the other IDENTIFY on device error, take#2
libata: ignore EH scheduling during initialization
libata: clean up SFF init mess
libata: implement libata.spindown_compat
libata: reimplement suspend/resume support using sdev->manage_start_stop
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c6322c7..498ff31 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -328,3 +328,22 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- +What: libata.spindown_compat module parameter +When: Dec 2008 +Why: halt(8) synchronizes caches for and spins down libata disks + because libata didn't use to spin down disk on system halt + (only synchronized caches). + Spin down on system halt is now implemented and can be tested + using sysfs node /sys/class/scsi_disk/h:c:i:l/manage_start_stop. + Because issuing spin down command to an already spun down disk + makes some disks spin up just to spin down again, the old + behavior needs to be maintained till userspace tool is updated + to check the sysfs node and not to spin down disks with the + node set to one. + This module parameter is to give userspace tool the time to + get updated and should be removed after userspace is + reasonably updated. +Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> + +--------------------------- + |