Ubuntu
libatasmart package

  1. Bug #435190
  2. Comment #93

Comment 93 for bug 435190

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In , Antti (antti-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Ubuntu's Launchpad is tracking this bug as well:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libatasmart/+bug/435190

The issue exists on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Alpha 6 using libatasmart 0.16.

I've traced the reason for the spin-up to the disk_smart_read_thresholds() call at the end of sk_disk_open() in atasmart.c.

Apparently the SMART "Read Thresholds" command causes at least some disks to spin up. I wonder why libatasmart4 always executes that call already when opening the disk device.

In the Launchpad bug comments, I also posted a dirty work-around involving a wrapper shell script.