On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 03:45 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > 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 > > Ah.. I should have spotted this earlier. 2.6.17.7 doesn't contain > updated EH and doesn't support any of new features including > hot/warmplug. Please try 2.6.18-rc3. OK. But I think there are issues with 2.6.18 generally. But I can try it to see if this makes this better. > > >>> 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. > > Yeap, those look pretty normal for the previous code. :p > > >>> 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: > > Plain ICH7 doesn't support ahci. ICH7R supports ahci mode and usually > configurable in the BIOS menu. On my board (P5LD2), it's in the first > page (the left-most one where the clock setting is and hard disks are > enumerated), it's called IDE configuration or something. I will look. I have a SuperMicro motherboard. > >> 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. > > Really, it's not that complicated. Once you know what it is you need to do. -- Roger Oberholtzer - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
