From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755640AbYFVRVI (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:21:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752335AbYFVRUz (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:20:55 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:58574 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752256AbYFVRUy (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:20:54 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:03:14 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Soeren Sonnenburg Cc: Mark Lord , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: hdparm -M acoustic management for sata disks? Message-ID: <20080622180314.7e24c71a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <1214066456.18959.6.camel@localhost> References: <1214043295.17302.16.camel@localhost> <485D098E.3080109@rtr.ca> <1214066456.18959.6.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I've tried with the 5 sata drives I could get my hands on, they all list > some recommended acoustic management value but all fail the same way A lot of drives dropped the acoustic management stuff internally. If I remember rightly there was a patent dispute about it just after it got into the ATA standard. Alan