Since 2.6.27 the version of the hdapsd supplied in portage is no longer working and needs to be upgraded to a newver one. dynomob # /etc/init.d/hdapsd start * No protect entry for sda! * Make sure your kernel is patched with the blk_freeze patch * ERROR: hdapsd failed to start dynomob # hdapsd -t -v -d sda -s 25 -a -y Dry run, will not actually park heads or freeze queue. protect_file: /sys/block/sda/queue/protect threshold: 25 read_method: poll-sysfs open(protect_file): No such file or directory dynomob Desktop # hdapsd -t -v -d sda -s 25 -a Dry run, will not actually park heads or freeze queue. protect_file: /sys/block/sda/queue/protect threshold: 25 read_method: input-dev open(protect_file): No such file or directory The latest version of hdapsd and the description of the changes are described here. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hdaps.devel/1372 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run hdapsd 2. 3. Expected Results: dynomob # ./hdapsd -t -v -d sda -s 25 -a -y Dry run, will not actually park heads or freeze queue. protect_file: /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads threshold: 25 read_method: poll-sysfs sampling_rate: 50 dt=1231509982.073 dpos=(-495,-476) vel=( -0.0, -0.0)*30 acc=( -0.0, -0.0)*1800 avg_vel=( -0.0, -0.0)*3 thr=25.0 dt=0.021 dpos=( 0, 0) vel=( 0.0, 0.0)*30 acc=( 0.0, 0.0)*1800 avg_vel=( 0.0, 0.0)*3 thr=25.0 dt=0.021 dpos=( 0, 0) vel=( 0.0, 0.0)*30 acc=( 0.0, 0.0)*1800 avg_vel=( 0.0, 0.0)*3 thr=25.0 dt=0.021 dpos=( 0, -1) vel=( 0.0, -1.6)*30 acc=( 0.0, -1.3)*1800 avg_vel=( 0.0, -1.0)*3 thr=25.0 dt=0.021 dpos=( 0, 1) vel=( 0.0, 1.6)*30 acc=( 0.0, 2.5)*1800 avg_vel=( 0.0, 0.1)*3 thr=25.0
Please mark is as a dup of 166166
thanks for the report. tracking the issue at #166166 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 166166 ***
