From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:57:53 +0000 Subject: Re: ide hotplug Message-Id: <20040113005753.GB5095@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <1073748200.5057.10.camel@t40> In-Reply-To: <1073748200.5057.10.camel@t40> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:23:20PM +0200, Paul Ionescu wrote: > Is it possible with the new linux kernel 2.6 to hotplug an ide device > like cdrom/hdd and the kernel to automaticaly recognize it? Depends on the hardware. > I have a IBM thinkpad T40 which has a removable bay for ide devices like > IDE cdrom/hdd/dvd. (and other stuff too like secondary battery a.s.o) > In older kernels like 2.4.x I used hdparm with -U -R options to register > and unregister IDE devices, but it is not working any more on new 2.6.x > kernels. Yeah, the kernel developers need some information on your hardware that IBM isn't giving out :( So sorry, I don't think it will work. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel