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ACPI tool v 1.0 (Announce)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 09.02.2021, 11:36

> >KormaX
> you can use FDAPM to shutdown PC via ACPI with spin down HDD before.

My ACPI tools also do HDD preparations before shotdown. Alhough not the spindown but only the cache clearing (on the DOS level) and the BIOS reset of HDD.
I think that KormaX had on mind the disk spindown only without switching the computer off. I am not sure whether is it possible just using ACPI -- maybe some cooperation between ACPI and HDD controler (IDE, AHCI) is necessary.

I can look into ACPICA sources but it is diffucult to use it's codebase because ACPI tools are written in TP/FP (amphibious source)

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Complete thread:

• ACPI tool v 1.0 - Laaca, 08.02.2021, 18:16 (Announce)
  • ACPI tool v 1.0 - KormaX, 08.02.2021, 22:10
  • ACPI tool v 1.0 - RayeR, 09.02.2021, 00:15
    • ACPI tool v 1.0 - Laaca, 09.02.2021, 11:36
      • ACPI tool v 1.0 - KormaX, 09.02.2021, 20:18
    • ACPI tool v 1.0 - KormaX, 09.02.2021, 20:16
      • ACPI tool v 1.0 - mceric, 09.02.2021, 21:48