On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Takayoshi Kochi wrote:

> > I have a CompactFlash, it has missing PM feature, ignored by the patch.
> >
> > wd1 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA THNCF256MBA>
> > wd1: drive supports 1-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> > wd1: 244 MB, 978 cyl, 16 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 500736 sectors
> >
> > I said mostly ok...  In my laptop environment, rerely, freezes when
> > shutdown.  Cause is not known. ;(
>
> Hm, then the freezes looks a showstopper for inclusion.
>
> Are you sure the freezes come from the wd.c powerdown patch?
> In other words, if you don't apply the patch, does it freeze?

And the more difficult question, is it a bug of the patch, or a bug
revealed by the patch? :-)

Take care,

Bill