Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:15:32 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: "Ryan K. Losh" <rklosh@rkl.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for testers of new ATA driver patches Message-ID: <200203080815.g288FWD56395@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <20020308.010633.74747065.rklosh@rkl.org>
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It seems Ryan K. Losh wrote: > I assume the patched IDE subsystem behaves in the following way: > > The IDE controllers (aka ata0, ata1, etc) are enumerated and > initialized at boot time. > > The IDE devices are probed and initialized at boot time. > > atacontrol is able to make changes to the list of DEVICES after > hard disk/CDROM/Tape drive/etc is physically added or removed. > > atacontrol is not able to re-scan the (PCI or whatever) bus to > detect CONTROLLER additions/removals > > Is my understanding of the patch correct, or does it have the ability > to "play nicely" with my hardware? The ATA driver allows hotswap of ATA/ATAPI devices, what you are asking for is that the kernel also can do PCI hotswap, which we do not have support for yet, I have it on my wanted features list. -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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