Roger Heflin:
> And the bios will have no way to know what is hot-swappable as
that is
> an external case feature/add-on enclosure.
Philip Rhoades:
Not sure what you mean - I can set "Hot Swappable" in the
BIOS.
For something to be hotswappable, everything has to support it (the
host port, the drive, any devices the drive is inside, and your
software).
While you may be able to set a flag saying a port is hot swappable,
it's more like you do the opposite: When you set it as not hot
swappable, you're flagging it so other things don't attempt it. And,
perhaps, you turn off a feature in the firmware.
It's a bit like hanging a "wet paint" sign. It's an instruction that
may, or may not, have the effect you want.
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