Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:53:37 +0100 From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Hot pluggable disks (SATA?) Message-ID: <20070726175337.GA75432@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <86abtj34va.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <6300771b0707252356i3e902d6ch7919ddbb70d411e7@mail.gmail.com> <86abtj34va.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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* Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav (des@des.no) wrote:
> It is a function of the disk controller and driver. AFAIK, the ata
> driver supports hot-plug as long as the SATA controller does. I
> believe most Promise and Intel ICH SATA controllers do, not sure about
> Sil or nVidia MCP.
Both SiI and nForce's should support hot-swap, though if ata(4) actually
handles them correctly is another matter.
I have an nForce 4 Pro board (a Tyan K8WE, CK804 chipset) which in
FreeBSD gracefully handles hot removal, but needs a reboot to correctly
recognise hot-plugged devices. I thought I'd filed a PR about it, but I
can't seem to find it...
I also have an 8 port Marvell SATA controller (88SX6081) which needs an
atacontrol reinit to pick up new devices, but otherwise seems to work
fine.
--
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
http://hur.st/
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