Re: SATA hotplug status (sii3114)

[Andy Helten <andy.helten@dot21rts.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Andy Helten wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me the current status of hotplug support?  The SATA 
>> web site says only this:
>>
>>> libata does not support hotplug... yet. 
>>
>>
>> Is there a plan or design for adding hotplug support?  Can anyone 
>> point me to any discussions on this matter.  I am new to Linux kernel 
>> development, but I have searched the archives and found nothing very 
>> helpful (except for the mention of the echo commands I tried below).  
>> There could be a simple solution that is evading me, but I've looked 
>> for two days now without much success.
>
>
>
> There's a plan but no code yet.  :)
>
> linux-ide@vger.kernel.org is where this stuff gets discussed (though 
> there's nothing on there recently about hotplug).
>
>     Jeff
>
Can you share the plan with me (pdf, email archive, or web page)?  I've 
been tasked with adding hotplug support for the system I mention in my 
original email.  Soooo, it is really just a matter of whether it will be 
a custom hack job or something more generic that could benefit more people.

Thanks,
Andy