From 02c84bde234eee4f2089ac3587d138607aaec777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:21:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ide: update warm-plug HOWTO
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Reported-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
index d5885468b0726..98152bcd515ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s)
 # echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
 
 done
+
+NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are
+no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step,
+also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise
+results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky
-- 
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