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Date:      Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        m.ehinger@ltur.de
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Parking disk drive heads
Message-ID:  <20050826103208.O1915@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <OFAE7E33A6.2CB5B6A5-ONC1257069.00487818-C1257069.0049A908@gateway-inter.net>
References:  <OFAE7E33A6.2CB5B6A5-ONC1257069.00487818-C1257069.0049A908@gateway-inter.net>

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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 m.ehinger@ltur.de wrote:
> Is there a way to lock the drive in that state for some seconds?

Not currently.

It looks like the ATA driver will need to be extended to allow devices to 
be "frozen" and to expose a mechanism for submitting immediate commands, 
similar to how ATA_STALL_QUEUE works.

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