From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261720AbVGDWNl (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:13:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261724AbVGDWNl (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:13:41 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:5081 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261720AbVGDWNe (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:13:34 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 00:12:24 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Lenz Grimmer Cc: Jens Axboe , hdaps-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, LKML List Subject: Re: IBM HDAPS things are looking up Message-ID: <20050704221224.GA17498@elf.ucw.cz> References: <9a8748490507031832546f383a@mail.gmail.com> <42C8D06C.2020608@grimmer.com> <20050704061713.GA1444@suse.de> <42C8C978.4030409@linuxwireless.org> <20050704063741.GC1444@suse.de> <1120461401.3174.10.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20050704072231.GG1444@suse.de> <20050704130336.GB3449@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <42C99C70.5080508@grimmer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42C99C70.5080508@grimmer.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Actually, "spin disk down and keep it down" would be nice for other > > reasons. Taking computer for a jog playing mp3s from ramdisk is > > something I'd like to do... > > Isn't that called "laptop-mode" and available already? I remember that > Jens wrote something like that :) Laptop-mode is "keep hdd spinned down as much as possible" -- to save battery power. What this project and jogging mp3s need is "keep hdd spinned down!" -- to prevent hdd damage. Pavel -- teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be.