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* Re: How to handle hotplug in case that host controller does not support hotplug via interrupt
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@ 2009-08-31  6:59 ` Tejun Heo
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From: Tejun Heo @ 2009-08-31  6:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jian Peng; +Cc: linux-ide

Jian Peng wrote:
> Hi, Tejun,
> 
> In 2.6.30 and later, If I want to support hotplug, but host controller
> does not support hotplug via interrupt. The best way is to patch your
> hotplug polling patchset.
> I did not see this patch merged in mainline. Is there other new way to
> handle this type of hotplug now?

Hmmm... Unfortunately, no.  Now that most modern controllers support
proper hotplug the pressure for hotplug-by-polling is much lower, so
it kind of got dropped.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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