From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754490AbYDLPUj (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:20:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752975AbYDLPUa (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:20:30 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.168]:31202 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752204AbYDLPU3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:20:29 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=m17UcUHlLHB4WzHpATwPulkIybANv6IPMPGZ/BwhvdCp7AfCdoiizEUNbf7UA6HgFOtFCBkvLaWaKMH9ldFWfWzF7KdENT+bJMYl7+LQIIUnS7t76LcuP9f4qYf2yjOOlcR9FuavBpSG0cj0JRsKz2Y7xqx0bG0RCJWJ0FFwnwA= Message-ID: <170fa0d20804120820x1eced1ebl47b6a2f6593ea029@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:20:28 -0400 From: "Mike Snitzer" To: "Tvrtko A. Ursulin" Subject: Re: Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux Cc: devzero@web.de, lkml@metanurb.dk, pernegger@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andi Kleen" In-Reply-To: <200804120811.12468.tvrtko@ursulin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <234148243@web.de> <200804112200.28854.tvrtko@ursulin.net> <170fa0d20804112019h73928c99paadcc363539fea9c@mail.gmail.com> <200804120811.12468.tvrtko@ursulin.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote: > On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:19:33 Mike Snitzer wrote: > > Any chance you could make your iso available for the freedos w/ > > wdidle3.exe bootable cd? > > > > I can't track down wdidle3.exe on wdc.com; they have "Data Lifeguard" > > and such but I have no idea if the wdidle3.exe is buried in those > > downloads. > > According to the licence which comes with that thing distribution is not > allowed. Also it wouldn't be bad if more people contacted WD about it so that > they figure out they at least need to make it available as a download, if not > something better. Just an FYI, I had a look at my counters for a 1TB GP I've had in always-on service (expansion drive for my tivo; which runs Linux) for 6 months. I'm not seeing any issues, Load_Cycle_Count is quite low. Device Model: WDC WD10EACS-32ZJB0 Firmware Version: 01.01B01 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4763 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 9 Given the Tivo is constantly doing IO it must've prevented the disk from ever spinning down.