From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754042Ab0ELNTQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2010 09:19:16 -0400 Received: from dsl-67-204-24-19.acanac.net ([67.204.24.19]:49368 "EHLO emergent.ellipticsemi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751814Ab0ELNTP (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2010 09:19:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 09:19:12 -0400 From: Nick Bowler To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: T500 cdrom drive never stops spinning until mount. Message-ID: <20100512131912.GA27273@elliptictech.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org References: <20100512023549.GA22623@cpu18.student.cs> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100512023549.GA22623@cpu18.student.cs> Organization: Elliptic Technologies Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 22:35 Tue 11 May , Nick Bowler wrote: > Mounting the disk also causes it to stop spinning (and it remains > stopped after unmounting it). Sorry, this was a lie. As soon as the disk spins up again after unmounting (or if it was unmounted while still spinning), it will continue to spin forever. -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)