Oh, I agree that it is interesting. It is just that I really don't want
to do more than flap my gums until the queueing code has settled in for a
bit, however. There are some interesting architectural issues that require
some thought before any code gets written....
-Eric
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From: Robert Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: How do I invoke a re-probe/Hot Plugging Devices
> Eric wrote:
> > If you can ensure that the host is otherwise idle, then I would
> > feel more comforatable about adding and removing new devices on the fly.
> >
> Interesting topic! Hot plugging of (SCSI) devices is something that needs
> to be architecturally handled in the future. 1394 (SBP2) and FibreChannel
> (FCP-SCSI) both support SCSI command set devices that are hot pluggable
> without notification to the OS (surprise removal). Is anybody working on
> these issues? Ideally I don't think hot plugging can be handled in bus
> specific ways - it should be handled by the whole I/O system must identify
> a device by its global unique id and bus reset generation count.
>
> Bob Frey
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