>Number:         10979
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       rw mounted LFS partitions are spun up regularly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 08 09:59:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     W. Suika Roberts <ssfr@unm.edu>
>Release:        NetBSD-current, through August 25, 2000
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD megumi 1.5_ALPHA2 NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 (megumi) #3: Fri Sep 1 13:29:09 MDT 2000 sfr@megumi:/home/sfr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/megumi i386


>Description:

	When I have a rw mounted lfs partition, my disk spins up at regular
intervals, about every fifteen to thirty seconds.  Using ufs or mounting the
partion ro allows the disk to stay spun down.

>How-To-Repeat:
	mount an lfs partion rw, spin down the disk with atactl wdx setstandby 5
the disk will be spun back up with distressing frequency, then allowed to spin
back down almost immediately.

>Fix:
	unknown
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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