>>>>> "PM" == "Perry E Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:

PM> Perhaps the APM patches already do some of this, though, since I have
PM> noticed that my disks do indeed sleep if they aren't touched.

Nope, they don't touch the FS code.  Things must just be going idle on
their own accord.  (I've seen the same thing on my laptop).

==John