From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Finnegan Subject: Update: Serial ATA support question Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:02:18 -0500 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200404021002.18869.pat@computer-refuge.org> References: <200403291444.35962.pat@computer-refuge.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from 12-222-129-149.client.insightBB.com ([12.222.129.149]:25273 "EHLO dualie.purdueriots.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264068AbUDBPCT (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:02:19 -0500 Received: from pat by dualie.purdueriots.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B9QBW-0004EJ-00 for ; Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:02:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200403291444.35962.pat@computer-refuge.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org So, I've got no response, is there a better place to ask this? On Monday 29 March 2004 14:44, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > So, I'm considering getting some SATA gear to use in a data storage > project. What exactly is the state of hotplug support? I'm > considering a Highpoint Tech Rocket 1540 (HPT374 chipset), and it > claims to support Linux as an OS, but I haven't seen anything on > mailing lists about use with linux, especially hotswap support. > > So, is it possible to hotswap these drives, and have the > controller/driver detect the new drive? > > Thanks, > > Pat Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org