Hi Alan,
I will try this patch on an IBM T41 Thinkpad, and I am interested in its
IDE Hotplug functionality.
Will I be able to swap IDE devices in my ultrabay without using "idectl 1
rescan" (using this patch only) ?
Do I need any other special tool for ide hotswapping in this case?
Or should I wait for IDE hotplug at the device level ?
Thanks,
Paul
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:08:39 -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> I've posted up a 2.6.8.1-ac1. This is mostly aimed at people wanting to
> try the newer IDE stuff while I work on feeding it to Bartlomiej.
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.6/linux-2.6/2.6.8.1/..
>
> Change summary for Linux 2.6.8.1-ac1 versus 2.6.8.1
>
> [ * = submitted to maintainer, + = submitted but needs more work ]
>
> * Fix crash on boot or nonworking keyboard driver (Alan Cox)
> with E750x based systems in SMP
> * Fix timing violation in i8042 driver code (Alan Cox) * Allow 3% slack
> for root in strict overcommit (Alan Cox) * Add support for 16byte (GPRS)
> pcmcia serial cards (Alan Cox) * Reformat buslogic ready for real fixing
> (indent) * Support VLAN on 3c59x/3c90x hardware (Stefan de Konkink) *
> Serial ATA reporting of ATA errors for real diagnostics (Alan Cox) + Fix
> IDE locking, /proc races and other uglies (Alan Cox) + Initial IT8212 IDE
> driver (Alan Cox) + IDE hotplug (controller level) (Alan Cox) + Fix
> IDE disk crash on bad geometry (Alan Cox) + Fix mishandling of pure LBA
> devices (Alan Cox) + Fix problems with non-decoded slaves (Alan Cox) -
> Fix failure to handle large drives on ALi controllers (Alan Cox)
> | Lost from 2.4-ac to 2.6.
> - Initial code working at making jiffies removal easier (Alan Cox)
On Mer, 2004-09-01 at 09:17, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> I will try this patch on an IBM T41 Thinkpad, and I am interested in its
> IDE Hotplug functionality.
> Will I be able to swap IDE devices in my ultrabay without using "idectl 1
> rescan" (using this patch only) ?
> Do I need any other special tool for ide hotswapping in this case?
> Or should I wait for IDE hotplug at the device level ?
You need device level hotplug for the ultrabay drive rather than
controller level. Thats next on the hit list after various other non IDE
jobs.