Re: [PATCH] Make libata not powerdown drivers on PM_EVENT_FREEZE.

[Mark Lord]

Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Thursday 23 March 2006 23:52, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > At the moment libata doesn't pass pm_message_t down ata_device_suspend.
> > > This causes drives to be powered down when we just want a freeze,
> > > causing unnecessary wear and tear. This patch gets pm_message_t passed
> > > down so that it can be used to determine whether to power down the
> > > drive.
> > >
> > > Prepared against git at the time of writing. Please apply.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Works very well here for me, and long overdue it was!

Thanks, Nigel!
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