Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:10:48 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.org> To: Justin Finkelstein <justin@redwiredesign.com> Cc: 'Colin King' <ring_06@m202.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hot-swap SATA and atacontrol Message-ID: <0B4913C3-1FFC-4740-BC24-6D36E6FDAFE8@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <004201c59735$c12f98b0$0b02a8c0@justin> References: <004201c59735$c12f98b0$0b02a8c0@justin>
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On 02/08/2005, at 9:42, Justin Finkelstein wrote: > OK; so, what you're saying is that it'll be ok to pull the drive if > I've > unmounted it? > In that case, is the atacontrol step unneccesary? My thinking is > that it > might be, but it's just another step to ensure nothing goes wrong. "depends" If the SATA controller supports hotswap ATA will notice when you yank the drive and detach it properly from the system (ATA wise, if mounted you get into trouble). Also it will autodiscover any SATA driver added, again only on supporting chipsets (and those I know how to handle). - Søren
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