On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:51:23 +0200, Jan Kasprzak wrote: > I have a Promise TX4 controller, and I have problems with hotplug. It seems > the controller does not recongnize the drive being hot-removed or hot-plugged. > I need either to reload the sata_promise module, or to do > > # echo 1 > /sys/block/sdN/device/delete > > to remove the drive, and > > # echo 0 0 0 > /sys/class/scs_host/hostN/scan > > to scan for a new drive. > > Another box with nVidia CK08 (sata_nv) can recognize the removal and > insertion of the drive as hotplug events (so udev correctly remove and create > the /dev nodes, etc.), so I thought with Promise TX4 it would be the same, > especially as http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html says about TX2/TX4 > the following: "Full SATA control including hotplug and PM on all." > > Is hotplug supported with this controller?
The Promise SATA hardware supports hotplug, but the driver doesn't yet handle it. It's on my TODO list. (When I get some spare time, sigh.) /Mikael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
