Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:31:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:31:45 -0500 Received: from nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:13145 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:31:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:31:26 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Erik Andersen , Jos Hulzink , jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DE and hot-swap disk caddies Message-ID: <20020327193126.J29474@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20020328001709.GA16582@codepoet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:23:34PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > There was one company how got it correct, but I do not know if they are > still around. The solution is not CHEAP, it requires total HOST vender > unique callers and special state diagrams. Also this was a true > Master/Slave pair solution, the hook was it broke the timing skews on the > buss. Thus Ultra33 or mode 2 as the limit. What about the hot swap bays I've picked up that properly handle power up/down? If that is the only device on the bus and the interface is properly tristated, what prevents hot swap? -ben -- "A man with a bass just walked in, and he's putting it down on the floor." - 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/