[2253] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: How to turn power off on an idle scsi drive.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc SCHAEFER)
Tue Aug 5 19:02:51 1997
From: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Date: 5 Aug 1997 20:54:42 +0200
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Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es> wrote:
> should cut down quite significantly on power dissipation (more than 2/3).
And noise.
I use the scsi-idle patch (adapted to 2.0.27) since a _long_ time
with _absolutely_ no problems (using it since 2.0.27
is out, or almost). I use it with IBM and seagate drives and the
ncr53c810 driver. Most of the time, two of the three of my
SCSI drives are off.
NB: with the so-called `BSD' version of the same driver, ie the
one which is proposed when you say no to the first, I got
*a lot* of problems during the only day I tried it.
