Andrew Morton wrote:

>>It's a bit grubby, but we could easily add a fourth state to
>> `system_state': split SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN into SYSTEM_REBOOT and SYSTEM_HALT. 
>> That would be a quite simple change.
> 
> Like this.  I checked all the SYSTEM_FOO users and none of them seem to
> care about the shutdown state at present.  Easy.

Wonderful. Placed the following quick hack on top:

[drivers/ide/ide-disk.c]

@@ -1704,10 +1704,11 @@

  static void ide_device_shutdown(struct device *dev)
  {
-       ide_drive_t *drive = container_of(dev, ide_drive_t, gendev);
-
-       printk("Shutdown: %s\n", drive->name);
-       dev->bus->suspend(dev, PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY);
+       if (system_state != SYSTEM_RESTART) {
+               ide_drive_t *drive = container_of(dev, ide_drive_t, gendev);
+               printk("Shutdown: %s\n", drive->name);
+               dev->bus->suspend(dev, PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY);
+       }
  }

  /*

Seems very wrong there; will likely want to be pushed up a few levels, 
but... Works For Me.

Have attached a patch of what I'm currently using against 2.6.6 just in 
case anyone interested lost track. It's bart+morton+hack.

Rene.