From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 18:20:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 18:20:26 -0500 Received: from m68-mp1.cvx3-a.ren.dial.ntli.net ([213.104.120.68]:56311 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 18:19:30 -0500 Subject: Re: Hotswap IDE mobile rack From: Alan Cox To: Max Lapshin Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021226103208.GA5792@ask-me.ru> References: <20021226103208.GA5792@ask-me.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 27 Dec 2002 23:26:27 +0000 Message-Id: <1041031587.1128.5.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 10:32, Max Lapshin wrote: > This problem has already been discussed here, but it seems that there > are no conclusions. Is it possible to make work correctly subject in > Linux? This device can only turn off and on power on one IDE device. > It's a pity, if it is not possible, because in Windows it work fine. It depends how the device works. I wouldn't recommend it without knowing more details. The core code can unregister/reregister IDE interfaces but it isnt yet very elegant. Alan