On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:41:53PM +0100, Jörg Sommer wrote: > Spinning down /dev/discs/disc0/disc. > Syncing /dev/hda > Syncing /dev/hda1 > Syncing /dev/hda2 > Syncing /dev/hda3 > Syncing /dev/hda4 > Syncing /dev/hda5 > Syncing /dev/hda6 > Syncing /dev/dm-0 > Syncing /dev/hda > Syncing /dev/hda1 > Syncing /dev/hda2 > Syncing /dev/hda3 > Syncing /dev/hda4 > Syncing /dev/hda5 > Syncing /dev/hda6 > Syncing /dev/dm-0 > Sending spindown command to /dev/discs/disc0/disc. > > But if devfs is used and one of these devices does not exist, a modprobe > is triggered, which access the disc and no spin down happens. It's a > vicious circle.
Which one of those does not exist? noflushd parses /proc/partitions and only tries to access devices that are listed in there. I might have to blacklist the device mapper node, though. Regards, Daniel.
