Bug#671689: [regression 3.2->3.3.4] sata_sil (on sil 3512) hotplug broken again

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Michael,

Michael Schmitt wrote:

> I tend to hotswap sata drives with a frameless-sata-hotswap-enclosure connected
> to a Silicon Image 3512 controller on a regular basis and have to report...
> broken again. :)
> The last 3.2 kernel did work, the first 3.3 image did break it. I had
> that problem once before (even if I do not find the ticket anymore) and it got
> fixed rather fast. I do not even know anymore if I did report it upstream or in
> the Debian BTS, but as I am not sure if a Debian patch may be responsible I
> report it here.

Thanks for reporting it.  Weird --- can you say a little more about
the nature of the breakage?  In particular, please indicate:

 - steps to reproduce
 - how reproducible this is (100% of the time? 80% of the time?)
 - expected result, actual result, and how the difference indicates a bug
 - full "dmesg" output from booting and reproducing the problem
 - which kernel versions you have tested and what happened with each

There haven't been any changes to the sata_sil driver since v3.2.

Curious,
Jonathan