linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: Handle bay devices in dock stations

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Message-ID: <20080529133921.GB9268@homac.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 15:39:21 +0200
From:	Holger Macht <hmacht@...e.de>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Handle bay devices in dock stations

On Thu 29. May - 14:32:01, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:33:02PM +0200, Holger Macht wrote:
> 
> > Can you please give a bit more details? Does your userspace react on the
> > eject request? I tested with Thinkpads, too.
> 
> No, I'm not doing anything with userspace - just pulling the drive out 
> directly. I'm looking into it now.

This was one of my test scenarios. Just a hint for debugging, before my
patch, HAL accessed /dev/sr0 directly after removing the device, and that
caused the lockup. Hopefully that doesn't bite us again...

 - Holger
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