From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Helten Subject: Re: SATA hotplug status (sii3114) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:27:31 -0600 Message-ID: <41E84753.4040003@dot21rts.com> References: <41E8292A.40302@dot21rts.com> <41E84305.5070202@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from lakermmtao10.cox.net ([68.230.240.29]:4077 "EHLO lakermmtao10.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262195AbVANW1h (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:27:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <41E84305.5070202@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" 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