From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Paris Subject: Re: sata_nv fails to reattach drive during hotswap? Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:48:27 -0500 Message-ID: <20061210174827.GA3689@jim.sh> References: <457BE447.2000705@gmail.com> <457BE050.9090109@uci.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from NEUROSIS.MIT.EDU ([18.95.3.133]:57967 "EHLO neurosis.jim.sh" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762289AbWLJRsi (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:48:38 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <457BE447.2000705@gmail.com> <457BE050.9090109@uci.edu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Hoka ME Tichenci , hokatichenci Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hoka ME Tichenci wrote: > I'm currently using an Asus A8N-SLI Premium which offers 8 ports (4 > each) through a SI3114 and CK804 chipset. I have a generic istar/athena > 4 in 3 SATA hot swap cage thats worked for very well with my Areca array > on another system. When booting, it detects the drive just fine > connected to the sata_nv controller. When I detach the drive, it also > cleanly removes the device node. The problem is reattaching a drive > (turning the power back on), libata will apparently detect the new > drive, but then the port will "fail to respond" about twice before the > link is determined. Hi Hoka, I think this patch fixes your problem: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg04992.html -jim