From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Devera Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15.4 rel.2 1/1] libata: add hotswap to sata_svw Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:05:32 +0100 Message-ID: <456CEAEC.6010802@cdi.cz> References: <1164756139.14595.37.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1164758483.5350.113.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from gate.cdi.cz ([80.95.109.117]:7149 "EHLO luxik.cdi.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758769AbWK2CFr (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:05:47 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1164758483.5350.113.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: David Woodhouse , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, lkosewsk@gmail.com, Jeff Garzik Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 23:22 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: >> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 16:09 +0100, Martin Devera wrote: >>> From: Martin Devera >>> >>> Add hotswap capability to Serverworks/BroadCom SATA controlers. The >>> controler has SIM register and it selects which bits in SATA_ERROR >>> register fires interrupt. >>> The solution hooks on COMWAKE (plug), PHYRDY change and 10B8B decode >>> error (unplug) and calls into Lukasz's hotswap framework. >>> The code got one day testing on dual core Athlon64 H8SSL Supermicro >>> MoBo with HT-1000 SATA, SMP kernel and two CaviarRE SATA HDDs in >>> hotswap bays. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Martin Devera >> What became of this? > > I might be to blame for not testing it... The Xserve I had on my desk > was too noisy for most of my co-workers so I kept delaying and forgot > about it.... > > Also the Xserve I have only has one disk, which makes hotplug testing a > bit harder :-) Unfortunately my box with ht1000 is already deployed. Another similar one should arrive soon so that I'll retest it. Just now I've VIA based mobo here - and hotswap is NOT working with it .. Martin