Re: [PATCH] libata: Handle bay devices in dock stations

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Holger Macht wrote:
> * Differentiate between bay devices in dock stations and others:
> 
>  - When an ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST appears, just signal uevent to
>    userspace (that is when the optional eject button on a bay device is
>    pressed/pulled) giving the possibility to unmount file systems and to
>    clean up. Also, only send uevent in case we get an EJECT_REQUEST
>    without doing anything else. In other cases, you'll get an add/remove
>    event because libata attaches/detaches the device.
> 
>  - In case of a dock event, which in turn signals an
>    ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST, immediately detach the device, because it
>    may already have been gone
> 
> * In case of an ACPI_NOTIFY_DEVICE/BUS_CHECK, evaluate _STA to check if
>   the device has been plugged or unplugged. If plugged, hotplug it, if
>   unplugged, just signal event to userspace
>   (initial patch by Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>)
> 
> * Call ACPI _EJ0 for detached devices
> 
> Signed-off-by: Holger Macht <hmacht@suse.de>
> ---
> 
> Changes regarding the previous patch:
> 
>  * Make sure kobj does not go away outside locking
>  * Coding style cleanups
>  * Call _EJ0 for detached devices

Matthew, any comments?

It would be nice if you and Holger could work together to produce a 
single patch[set]...  right now I have patches from both of you, and I 
was sorta waiting on the thread to die down to see if competing patches 
might merge into a single set