Looking at hdparm's code, we can see that the value of 255 will NOT be
sent to the harddrive, but it will send the "disable APM"(0x85) command
instead of "set APM to xxx" (0x05).
if (apmmode==255) {
/* disable Advanced Power Management */
args[2] = 0x85; /* feature register */
if (get_apmmode) printf(" disabled\n");
} else {
/* set Advanced Power Management mode */
args[2] = 0x05; /* feature register */
args[1] = apmmode; /* sector count register */
if (get_apmmode)
printf(" 0x%02x (%d)\n",apmmode,apmmode);
}
However the ATA spec (ATA/ATAPI-7 Vol.1) says:
"Subcommand code 85h disables Advanced Power Management. Subcommand 85h
may not be implemented on all devices that implement SET FEATURES
subcommand 05h."
So hdparm is probably too optimistic by sending this command. On
harddrives not supporting command 85h, using -B 254 is probably the best
one can do.
To clarify things, maybe hdparm should have a dedicated option to send
85h (disable APM) and leave -B for the APM values allowed by the spec.
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hdparm's feedback about -B values is misleading
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172287
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