Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:04:25 -0600 From: Rob <lists@midsummerdream.org> To: Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0 not detecting hot swap drive insertion Message-ID: <4B1924F9.4060409@midsummerdream.org> In-Reply-To: <4B19218E.70909@comcast.net> References: <4B191E92.7010007@midsummerdream.org> <4B19218E.70909@comcast.net>
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I don't have any /dev/ada* devices, so I assume I'm using the original ata driver. I haven't done any kernel customization, and am running the distribution's kernel (upgraded with the freebsd-update tool). Does the older driver no longer detect drive insertion? Rob Steve Polyack wrote: > Rob wrote: >> I'm running a 10 hot-swap SATA disk ZFS pool and recently upgraded >> from 7.2 to 8. Since I upgraded, freebsd isn't spinning up or >> recognizing a new drive that is inserted. In freebsd 7.[0,2], I could >> remove a drive and insert a new one and freebsd would recognize it, >> spin it up, and create the device nodes. None of that is happening in >> 8.0, and the only way I've found to get it to recognize the disk is to >> reboot the system. >> >> I tried using atacontrol to force freebsd to reinit an ata channel, >> but that didn't have any effect. Did something change in 8.0 that >> prevents this auto-detection? Is there a way to re-enable it? >> > Are you using the original (7.x) ata(4) driver or the newer enhanced > SATA drivers like ahci(4) or siis(4)? If you're using the latter your > devices will be labeled /dev/ada* instead of /dev/ad*. If you are > indeed using the newer enhanced SATA drivers, you will need to use > camcontrol to reset and rescan the associated SATA channels. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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