I have a diff against 2.2.5. Please write if you'd
like it.
There is also a small deamon that manages the
timeout operation -- the patch is essentially a new
IOCTL to allow the daemon to control the disk motor.
Regards,
Paul
LSM follows...
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Osman <osman@Cable.EU.org>
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:03:17 +0200 (CEST)
> Subject: Re: scsi-idle (fwd)
>
> That's why I had posted this to the list... ;-)
>
> TTYL.
> - --
> Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!
>
> - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:58:50 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca>
> To: Osman <osman@cable.eu.org>
> Subject: Re: scsi-idle
>
> You write:
> > Is this utility now incorporated in the kernel?
> > I haven't been able to spot it.
> >
> > Where is this maintained now?
> > The last version I have (Don't remember from where) is v1.3.32
> > The primary site as mentioned in the lsm is doesn't exist anymore,
> > The alternative site has a realy old one dated 1998.
>
> I had applied this patch to my 2.0 kernel, through 2.0.37 with mostly
> success, but there is a problem at times when some disk blocks are in
> cache and some aren't. In this case, the system hangs since I think the
> request to start the drive is never sent. It would be nice to finally
> get this in the kernel and properly maintained...
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
>
-------------------------< begin LSM entry >------------------------
Begin3
Title: scsi-idle - Turn off SCSI disks when idle (Take 2)
Version: 1.3.32
Entered-date: 09OCT95
Description: A small kernel patch which spins down SCSI-disks after a
period of inactivity.
scsi-idle can probably be considered to be BETA software now,
it works for me and half dozen other people, but YMMV.
Keywords: SCSI idle
Author: wingel@ctrl-c.liu.se (Christer Weinigel)
Primary-site: ctrl-c.liu.se /unix/linux/wingel
scsi-idle-1_3_32_tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi
scsi-idle-1.3.32.tar.gz
Platforms: Linux
Copying-policy: Freely distributable
End
[paul@ns-1 paul]$ more scsi-idle.lms
scsi-idle.lms: No such file or directory
[paul@ns-1 paul]$ more scsi-idle.lsm
Begin3
Title: scsi-idle - Turn off SCSI disks when idle (Take 2)
Version: 1.3.32
Entered-date: 09OCT95
Description: A small kernel patch which spins down SCSI-disks after a
period of inactivity.
scsi-idle can probably be considered to be BETA software now,
it works for me and half dozen other people, but YMMV.
Keywords: SCSI idle
Author: wingel@ctrl-c.liu.se (Christer Weinigel)
Primary-site: ctrl-c.liu.se /unix/linux/wingel
scsi-idle-1_3_32_tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi
scsi-idle-1.3.32.tar.gz
Platforms: Linux
Copying-policy: Freely distributable
End
**********************< end LSM entry >************************
-- *********************************** Paul Reich reichp[at]ameritech.net"We're all but packets on the Internet of Life."
-- Illiad, 1999 ***********************************
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