From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: libata & scsi rescan.
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:30:06 -0400
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Andy Warner wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>[...]
>>I don't see why rescan is needed, since SATA hardware supports hotplug.
> 
> 
> OK - but at present, I can remove a quiescent drive
> and /proc/scsi/scsi still serves up the cached info
> about the drive.

That's because libata doesn't call the proper hot-unplug hooks.  Call 
those hooks, and the problem goes away.

	Jeff