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2008-10-13ata: Add documentation for hard disk shock protection interface (v3)Elias Oltmanns
Put some information (and pointers to more) into the kernel's doc tree, describing briefly the interface to the kernel's disk head unloading facility. Information about how to set up a complete shock protection system under GNU/Linux can be found on the web and is referenced accordingly. v3: Here is some final polish including various spelling corrections pointed out by Grant Grundler and Peter Moulder. Also, I have added some information about the timing constraints related to disk head parking. The patch looks more impressive than it really is and I think it would be alright just to incorporate it into the original patch so as not to clutter up the git log. Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>