>> What's the consensus on enabling autopm on non-white listed systems? >> Is it stable? Will there be issues? I'm asking because I actually >> need to enable it to make the system spin down my Windows disk >> instead of having it idle for days. > > I have been using it on non-whitelisted machines for a while, some > quite aggressively to test regressions (setting device thresholds < > 2min). However, i have not tried it on a disk with a Windows > partition, so there _could_ be issues as this configuration probably > hasn't been tested much. However, for my configurations, I havn't > seen an issue (except that some of the spin-up delays are more than I > would like to see, but within "normal" limits). > > I suggest trying and posting your results.
I don't think the disk contents matter, since it isn't being used in Solaris at all. I wanted it to shutdown to save power (obviously :) and prevent wear of a certain track due to a lack of head movement. Any experience in regards graphics card power management, assuming it actually relies on autopm, too? Specifically with the NVidia driver? Regards, -mg
