--- Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:56:35 -0700 (PDT) > Paul Wakeman <prwakeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Does libata support PATA hotplug? > > > > I have a PCMCIA CF using TrueIDE mode and want to be able to > hotplug CF > > cards. Would I get hotplug for free if I convert the existing IDE > > driver to a libata pata platform driver? > > If your hardware supports PATA hotplug (most doesn't) then you can > tell > the kernel to remove the device, pull it, add a new one and tell the > kernel to rescan (exactly as you do with any other scsi device). > Autodetect support right now is only in the SATA side and afaik no > PATA > controller supports PATA hot plug autodetect. My target is an embedded SoC which has PATA autodetect support. First, I need to convert the vendor-supplied legacy IDE driver to a PATA platform driver. Can you recommend best-of-breed existing PATA drivers to use as a reference for this work? Thanks -paul ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ - To unsubscribe from this list: 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