Should not the kernel be doing the proper device shutdown? Why are we kludging this crap in userspace?
The only one who can really flush and idle all SATA, SCSI and PATA devices (which often sit behind hardware raid controllers) properly is the kernel. There is also the issue of flushing and checkpointing all still running MD devices (and other block devices). The only one who can do this is reliably is the kernel. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
