SATA hotplug status (sii3114) -- 2.6 kernel

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

I asked about the status of SATA hotplug about one year ago for the 2.4 
kernel.  I am now moving onto the 2.6 kernel and was wondering if anyone 
can give me an update.  I see the list traffic in Oct and Dec of 2005 
related to Lukasz Kosewski's work, but lost the trail after that.  I 
understand it is actively being developed and that there may be 
something in the "upstream" branch of libata that kind of supports hotplug.

If so, how do I get the upstream branch of libata?  I did the below and 
got something but not sure what:

cg-clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git

I tried getting it from here, but this server required a password:

master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git

If the latest hotplug changes are not in the source repo, where are they 
(I'm guessing the mailing list)?  I specifically would like to target 
the 2.6.9 kernel in RedHat EL4, but would be willing to work with 
something newer if necessary.  For what it's worth, I did get hotplug 
working in the 2.4.25 kernel for the SII3114.

Thanks,
Andy