Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:21:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:21:27 -0500 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:29188 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:21:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:20:46 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Wakko Warner cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: IDE and hot-swap disk caddies In-Reply-To: <20020325152617.A18605@animx.eu.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Wakko Warner wrote: > > > The way you say that makes me think that it does support at some other > > > level... hot swap controller? Doesn't match MY hardware. Hot swap > > > > Controller level hotswap works mostly (think about pcmcia ide for example) > > Just to throw this out there. Is it possible to make the ide subsystem look > like a scsi controller ? that way the scsi layer could insert/remove > devices. say: ide0/1 = scsi0 (assuming no other scsi controllers) and hda = > scsi0 channel0 id0 lun0 and hdc = scsi0 channel1 id0 lun0 ... > > Personally, if it's doable, i'd like it. Hardware is different. You can paint a goose yellow and call it a duck, but it is still a goose. The electrical/electronic interface will kill you! Cheers, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group - 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/