From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 15:02:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 15:02:09 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:63122 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 15:02:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:29:44 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE hotplug support? Message-ID: <20020426152943.A413@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I came across a nice case from procase, supporting 16 IDE drives in > (so-called?) hotplug frames. Problem is... How will linux trat this? Should be okay. Hdparm can force spindown and bus rescan, and that's basically what you need. > I plan to use 15 drives in a RAID-5, assigning the last 16th drive as a > spare. 8 controllers? hmmm... > Any good ideas? > > Sorry if this is OT It is not. -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.