[Bug 913050] [NEW] Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

[Macil]

Public bug reported:

Release: 12.04 (development) maybe 11.10 is affected too?
Hard drive:
Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Device Model:     ST9250315AS

In recent hdparm version explicit APM values are set in /lib/hdparm
/hdparm-functions. "On AC" value = 254, "on battery value" = 127. This
causes load cycle hell on my disk drive. Even 128 causes the same thing,
so 11.10 seems to be affected too.

Lines in question:

hdparm_options()
{
    local WANTED_DISK="$1"

    local DISC= DEFAULT= DEF_QUIET= COMMAND_LINE=
    # if the below is guaranteed to spawn a subshell, then this next line is
    # unnecessary
    local OPTIONS OPT_QUIET KEY SEP VALUE

    egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' /etc/hdparm.conf |
    {
        # set our default global apm policy here.
        if hdparm_try_apm "$WANTED_DISK"; then
            if hdparm_is_on_battery; then
                hdparm_set_option -B127
            else
                hdparm_set_option -B254
            fi
        fi

There obviously must be some workarounds by setting right values in
/etc/hdparm.conf but I can not elaborate any further.

** Affects: hdparm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

Status in “hdparm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Release: 12.04 (development) maybe 11.10 is affected too?
  Hard drive:
  Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 5400.6
  Device Model:     ST9250315AS

  In recent hdparm version explicit APM values are set in /lib/hdparm
  /hdparm-functions. "On AC" value = 254, "on battery value" = 127. This
  causes load cycle hell on my disk drive. Even 128 causes the same
  thing, so 11.10 seems to be affected too.

  Lines in question:

  hdparm_options()
  {
      local WANTED_DISK="$1"

      local DISC= DEFAULT= DEF_QUIET= COMMAND_LINE=
      # if the below is guaranteed to spawn a subshell, then this next line is
      # unnecessary
      local OPTIONS OPT_QUIET KEY SEP VALUE

      egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' /etc/hdparm.conf |
      {
          # set our default global apm policy here.
          if hdparm_try_apm "$WANTED_DISK"; then
              if hdparm_is_on_battery; then
                  hdparm_set_option -B127
              else
                  hdparm_set_option -B254
              fi
          fi

  There obviously must be some workarounds by setting right values in
  /etc/hdparm.conf but I can not elaborate any further.

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