ide: update warm-plug HOWTO

Reported-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>

ide: update warm-plug HOWTO
Reported-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@
 # 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
...	...	@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@
11	11	# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
12	12
13	13	done
	14	+
	15	+NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are
	16	+no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step,
	17	+also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise
	18	+results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky