Re: SATA hotplug from the user side ?

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> OK, how about this (please especially check the non SIL part):
> 
> SATA Hotplug from the User Side
> 
> - For SIL3114 and SIL3124 you don't have to run any commands at all. It

ahci and ck804 flavor of sata_nv's can do hotplug without user
assistance too.

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> - For other chipsets one in addition to stop using the device before
> unplugging has to call scsiadd -r to fully remove it, e.g. in the
> following example the disk on scsi host 3 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 will be
> removed, then on reinserting a disk call scsiadd -s :
> 
> # scsiadd -p
> 
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: ATA      Model: ST3400832AS      Rev: 3.01
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: ATA      Model: ST3400620AS      Rev: 3.AA
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> 
> # scsiadd -r 3 0 0 0
> # scsiadd -s

Doing the above might not be such a good idea on drivers which don't
implement new EH yet.  Those are sata_mv, sata_promise (getting there)
and sata_sx4.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun