1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-power/pm-utils/files/1.4.1-disable-sata-alpm.patch b/sys-power/pm-utils/files/1.4.1-disable-sata-alpm.patch
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index 000000000000..e3e3819b82eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-power/pm-utils/files/1.4.1-disable-sata-alpm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: Disable SATA link power management by default, as it still causes disk errors and corruptions on many hardware.
+Author: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/539467
+
+--- pm/power.d/sata_alpm
++++ pm/power.d/sata_alpm
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ 
+ . "${PM_FUNCTIONS}"
+ 
+-SATA_ALPM_ENABLE=${SATA_ALPM_ENABLE:-true}
++SATA_ALPM_ENABLE=${SATA_ALPM_ENABLE:-false}
+ 
+ help() {
+ cat <<EOF
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
+ 
+ This hook has 1 parameter:
+ SATA_ALPM_ENABLE = whether to use SATA ALPM on battery.
+-Defaults to "true".
++Defaults to "false".
+ 
+ EOF
+ }