From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc1 0/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #3 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:57:17 -0400 Message-ID: <432A348D.40906@pobox.com> References: <355e5e5e050914220444505b09@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <355e5e5e050914220444505b09@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: lkosewsk@gmail.com Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Lukasz Kosewski wrote: > Hello Jeff, all, > > Another attempt at hotswap support to libata... this would be attempt #3. > > Lots of improvements... a cleaner API, clean straightforward code > which is easy to customize (or generalize, when the desire to support > ATA hotswap comes along), and a new feature; no longer kernel panics > on any action! > > Some testing on x86 UP, minimal on SMP. Please test, send questions, > suggestions, and apply if you like it. Patches apply cleanly to > 2.6.14-rc1. I've got some hardware so if you discover problems I can > probably reproduce them. At a really quick glance, looks positive to me. Thanks for working on this! Once this is merged, I'm sure users will thank you too: people will be able to [literally] yank their disks, if they are failing, without bringing down the system. I'm away this weekend, so won't be able to give it an in-depth look until next week. Jeff