[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[Bart Samwel]

SirLancelot wrote:
> After latest acpi-support update bug looks like fixed on my 8.10 but with
> one exception. When I close my laptop screen disk start to load/unload
> cycles again.
> 
> Is it a rule on laptop hard disk with closed screen? Is it Your idea to make
> something like protection of moving laptop with closed screen or wrong
> working of the fix?

The following scenario might cause this: (a) you have
CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT=1 in laptop-mode.conf, and (b) you have
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED=1 in laptop-mode.conf. It might be
something else though!

Cheers,
Bart

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
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