On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 09:58:07PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:59:09AM -0500, David Young wrote: > > A less intrusive change that's likely to work pretty well, I think, is > > to introduce a new flag, DETACH_REBOOT or DETACH_STAY_POWERED, that's > > passed to config_detach_all() by cpu_reboot() when the RB_* flags > > indicate a reboot is happening. Then, in the wd(4) detach routine, put > > the device into standby mode if the flag is not set. > > I'd prefer to have it the other way round then: a DETACH_POWEROFF > which is set only for halt -p.
Ok. BTW, what should we do during "manual" action, such as 'drvctl -d wd0'? Seems like we should power off the drive then, too? Otherwise, it is set up for an abrupt power-loss, later. I may have something to say about the unusual asymmetry of BIOS and OS responsibilities here, later.... Dave -- David Young //\ Trestle Technology Consulting (217) 721-9981 Urbana, IL http://trestle.tech/
