From: Gilbert Fernandes <gilbertf@netbsd-fr.org>
Subject: Re: port-i386/21531 (ACPI enabled kernel enforces stressful shutdown of harddrive)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:28:16 +0000

> > I updated the proposed patch in PR/21531 to -current and tested
> > on my laptop (ThinkPad X31), which worked fine.
> 
> Applied it to my own machine (X30) with current
> (1.6W), works fine. Will tell if it explodes :o)

Thanks for testing.  My concern is that I'm not sure whether
it's generic enough for all ATA/IDE drives.  The document which
the original author points out in the PR is IBM drives' manual.
My laptop uses an IBM drive (IC25N040ATCS04-0) and it's ok.

In my case, the sound of harddrive shutdown become differnt
after applying the patch.

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Takayoshi Kochi