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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-06 17:00:50 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-06 17:00:50 -0800 |
| commit | 59e3af21e94bd56f6a31ba774786a2bfc753581b (patch) | |
| tree | ce535150d8edd5648a6fc81fdc2387a6813b7e08 /Documentation | |
| parent | f59abb161c955b68fd3d473368420c5919733e09 (diff) | |
| parent | c2ce5ca047ff6bbc41d491451c39e597c4537cd3 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (41 commits)
scc_pata: make use of scc_dma_sff_read_status()
ide-dma-sff: factor out ide_dma_sff_write_status()
ide: move read_sff_dma_status() method to 'struct ide_dma_ops'
ide: don't set hwif->dma_ops in init_dma() method
Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver
piix: sync ich_laptop[] with ata_piix.c
ide: update warm-plug HOWTO
ide: fix ide_port_scan() to do ACPI setup after initializing request queues
ide: remove now redundant ->cur_dev checks
ide: remove unused ide_hwif_t.sg_mapped field
ide: struct ide_atapi_pc - remove unused fields and update documentation
ide: remove superfluous hwif variable assignment from ide_timer_expiry()
ide: use ide_pci_is_in_compatibility_mode() helper in setup-pci.c
ide: make "paranoia" ->handler check in ide_intr() more strict
ide-cd: convert to ide-atapi facilities
ide-cd: start DMA before sending the actual packet command
ide-cd: wait for DRQ to get set per default
ide: Fix drive's DWORD-IO handling
ide: add port and host iterators
ide: dynamic allocation of device structures
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt index d5885468b07..98152bcd515 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt @@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s) # echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan done + +NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are +no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step, +also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise +results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky |