On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:33:45PM -0600, j...@sdf.org wrote: > I'm wondering: is there any way to read the current APM setting for a disc > using native tools? All I see with atactl(8) is 'identify', 'checkpower' > or 'smart status', none which gives a numerical value. The following is > readable via smartctl(8) (smartmon pkg) after setting the apm value: > > % sudo atactl wd0 apm set 253 > % sudo smartctl -d ata -T permissive -g apm /dev/wd0d > .. > APM level is: 254 (maximum performance)
Precisely, I too had this question - how do I check current value of apm. Thanks for this. I do agre, what you can "set" with atactl should be "list"able with atactl as well. Mayuresh
