On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 00:33 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > Should hotplug work with Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 > > Family) chipset? I am trying kernel 2.6.17.7 > > > > I have been trying the warmplug stuff. But I am not convinced it is > > acting as I expect. If I remove a disk and then do a scan, shouldn't > > the disk entry go away? > > Eventually, yes. Do you mind to send me the dmesg? I have picked out the lines related to this. Some of the complaints at the end are probably when I moved the disk. > > I know about the problems with just removing a disk. But this is with > > one that is not mounted. I just want to see if the disks are properly > > sensed as coming and going. I am using the warmplug instructions on > > your web site. > > There are some complications with piix PCS register (port > enable/disable) which always seems to have some problem. If you can use > AHCI mode, it will be *much* better. OK. How do I get it in ahci mode? I see that both the ata_piix and achi drivers are loaded. This is what is loaded: Module Size Used by xfs 465784 0 af_packet 28040 2 ipv6 238368 18 nfsd 202244 9 exportfs 9600 1 nfsd lockd 57992 2 nfsd nfs_acl 7680 1 nfsd sunrpc 142524 9 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl edd 12740 0 loop 18824 0 dm_mod 54936 0 usbhid 47328 0 ehci_hcd 32008 0 shpchp 38304 0 uhci_hcd 24588 0 e1000 104888 0 pci_hotplug 31548 1 shpchp usbcore 115968 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd ide_cd 39712 0 cdrom 36640 1 ide_cd i2c_i801 12172 0 i2c_core 23552 1 i2c_i801 parport_pc 39780 1 lp 15140 0 parport 37320 2 parport_pc,lp ext3 125576 2 jbd 64032 1 ext3 sg 35996 0 ata_piix 15492 0 ahci 18436 0 processor 30056 0 libata 65676 2 ata_piix,ahci piix 13444 0 [permanent] sd_mod 22656 0 scsi_mod 127624 4 sg,ahci,libata,sd_mod ide_disk 19072 4 ide_core 118344 3 ide_cd,piix,ide_disk > If you think the driver doesn't do the right thing(tm), please send me > detailed info. I'll try to fix the problem if possible or explain why > it can't be fixed at the very least. I bet the driver does the right thing. The trick is knowing what that is supposed to be. And how to use the various commands on files in /sys at the correct time and in the correct order. -- Roger Oberholtzer
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