From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ata: ahci: find eSATA ports and flag them as removable Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:39:10 -0400 Message-ID: <20150930213910.GG2627@mtj.duckdns.org> References: <1443640225-11860-1-git-send-email-manuel.lauss@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-yk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.160.177]:36547 "EHLO mail-yk0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754289AbbI3VjO (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:39:14 -0400 Received: by ykdt18 with SMTP id t18so59720693ykd.3 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:39:13 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1443640225-11860-1-git-send-email-manuel.lauss@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Manuel Lauss Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 09:10:25PM +0200, Manuel Lauss wrote: > If the AHCI ports' HPCP or ESP bits are set, the port > should be considered external (e.g. eSATA) and is marked > as removable. Userspace tools like udisks then treat it > like an usb drive. > > With this patch applied, when I plug a drive into the esata port, > KDE pops up a window asking what to do with the drives(s), just > like it does for any random USB stick. > > Removability is indicated to the upper layers by way of the > SCSI RMB bit, as I haven't found another way to signal > userspace to treat a sata disk like any usb stick. > > Signed-off-by: Manuel Lauss Applied to libata/for-4.4. Let's see what happens. Thanks. -- tejun