Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #5

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On Llu, 2005-10-03 at 11:19 -0400, Lukasz Kosewski wrote:
> You mean something like "echo scsi-remove-single-device a b c d" >
> /proc/scsi/scsi?  I guess the sysfs equivalent?
> 
> > -       Interface for user to say "have swapped"
> 
> I suppose ditto.

Yes. A lot of PATA does swapping only if you tell it first so it can
kill IORDY or tristate the bus.

> > -       Post hotswap need to reconfigure both drives as if from scratch
> 
> Hmm, this seems far more complicated... basically during a swap
> operation, we have to shut down all I/O to the other drive on the
> cable (if there is one), if I read you correctly, and then reconfigure
> both drives once one is plugged in.

Yes.

> How about this; I want this SATA hotswapping stuff to be tested, so
> I'll commit my patches for 'SATA only' for the time being.  I'll stare
> at them for a while and then see what kind of PATA-specific if
> statements and hooks are necessary in the code?

Makes sense to me - the PATA stuff is slowly developing and its getting
closer to submittable as bits of the core code get merged.

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