Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272067AbTHNAWF (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:22:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272069AbTHNAWF (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:22:05 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:1987 "EHLO twilight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272067AbTHNAWC (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:22:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 02:21:46 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Alan Cox Cc: Dave Lawrence , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: compact flash IDE hot-swap summary please Message-ID: <20030814002146.GA2195@ucw.cz> References: <3F1ECFDD.D561D861@integrinautics.com> <1058984303.5515.105.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1058984303.5515.105.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 25 On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 07:18:23PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mer, 2003-07-23 at 19:11, Dave Lawrence wrote: > > I have a Zaurus handheld that runs Linux that seems > > to be able to hot-swap its IDE compact flash device > > with no problems. But I've read in a recent > > thread "hdparm and removable IDE?" that hot-swap > > isn't "fully" supported and that is won't be > > until: > > Thats hot swapping an IDE controller (built into the CF and > PCMCIA stuff) Is there any difference between pulling the controller out and the drive out in the PCMCIA/CF case? I think there is not - since there is no BMDMA engines, it boils down to just the command/nsect/chs registers, which are in the drive. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/