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SubjectRe: SATA hotplug from the user side ?
Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> Jeff & Tejun thanks *a lot* for clarifying this. I am quite happy to see
> that this is working very reliably!

You're welcome. :-)

>>> These messages sound eval - so now the question is should I care ?
>>> ( On the other hand it did not crash the machine )
>> So, no, you don't really have to care. Just make sure the device is
>> unmounted prior to unplugging.
>
> OK, but then this really should be in the SATA hotplug FAQ (or can one
> fix this somehow?)... No user will ignore messages like this. What is

Yeah, probably. Care to submit patch to FAQ to Jeff?

> especially annoying is that udev on the first remove/insert cycle
> created a new device node so the disk became /dev/sde (was /dev/sdd):
> dmesg output of reinserting the disk 2 times follows:

That's because something is still holding onto /dev/sdd. The device
remains dangled until all references to it are gone. /dev/sdd is still
lingering when the drive is hotplugged; thus, it gets assigned the next
device.

I think this is best solved by udev. Think of /dev/sdX as kernel
internal name which may change from time to time. Mount devices with
LABEL's and use udev-provided persistent names to access removable
devices. Also, libata can be improved to tell udev that certain ports
are external, I think.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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