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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/ide.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt | 5 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX index d6b778842b7..22f98ca7953 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX @@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ ide-tape.txt - info on the IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver ide.txt - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). +warm-plug-howto.txt + - using sysfs to remove and add IDE devices.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 b/Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 index 190d17bfff6..4cc3ad99f39 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 +++ b/Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ * since the .pdf version doesn't seem to work... * -- Updated the TODO list to something more current. * - * 4.15 Aug 25, 1998 -- Updated ide-cd.h to respect mechine endianess, + * 4.15 Aug 25, 1998 -- Updated ide-cd.h to respect machine endianness, * patch thanks to "Eddie C. Dost" <ecd@skynet.be> * * 4.50 Oct 19, 1998 -- New maintainers! diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index 0c78f4b1d9d..7aca987c23d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ When using ide.c as a module in combination with kmod, add: alias block-major-3 ide-probe -to /etc/modprobe.conf. +to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/. When ide.c is used as a module, you can pass command line parameters to the driver using the "options=" keyword to insmod, while replacing any ',' with @@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ Other kernel parameters for ide_core are: * "noflush=[interface_number.device_number]" to disable flush requests +* "nohpa=[interface_number.device_number]" to disable Host Protected Area + * "noprobe=[interface_number.device_number]" to skip probing * "nowerr=[interface_number.device_number]" to ignore the WRERR_STAT bit 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 |