Re: SATA hotplug from the user side ?

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Jan 23 2007 - 01:20:34 EST


Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> OK, how about this (please especially check the non SIL part):
>
> SATA Hotplug from the User Side
>
> - For SIL3114 and SIL3124 you don't have to run any commands at all. It

ahci and ck804 flavor of sata_nv's can do hotplug without user
assistance too.

[--snip--]
> - For other chipsets one in addition to stop using the device before
> unplugging has to call scsiadd -r to fully remove it, e.g. in the
> following example the disk on scsi host 3 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 will be
> removed, then on reinserting a disk call scsiadd -s :
>
> # scsiadd -p
>
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ATA Model: ST3400832AS Rev: 3.01
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ATA Model: ST3400620AS Rev: 3.AA
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>
> # scsiadd -r 3 0 0 0
> # scsiadd -s

Doing the above might not be such a good idea on drivers which don't
implement new EH yet. Those are sata_mv, sata_promise (getting there)
and sata_sx4.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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