Comment 4 for bug 114683

> Since we've been running with 2.6.x and libata for a while, without
> bothering to do this, is there any harm in continuing to not do this?
> It's obviously not a regression for us,

Scott, I hope you are aware of all the complaints and bug reports about hard disks screaming at shutdown since libata came into Edgy and Feisty, see bug #67810.