[BUG] 2.5.42 spins down disks on reboot

Mikael Pettersson (mikpe@csd.uu.se)
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:44:23 +0200 (MET DST)

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The 2.5.42 kernel spins down IDE disks during a reboot.
This causes a delay during the following bootup as the
BIOS waits for the disks to spin up. I imagine it also
adds unnecessary wear to the drive mechanics.

2.5.41 and older kernels did not do this.
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