From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752535AbZHOVHW (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:07:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752470AbZHOVHV (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:07:21 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:53141 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752462AbZHOVHV (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:07:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4A872386.4080908@pobox.com> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:07:18 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Garrett CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Export AHCI capabilities References: <1247854427-3315-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1247854427-3315-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matthew Garrett wrote: > AHCI exports various capability bits that may be of interest to userspace > such as whether the BIOS claims a port is hotpluggable or eSATA. Providing > these via sysfs along with the version of the AHCI spec implemented by > the host allows userspace to make policy decisions for things like ALPM. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett I would prefer a better-yet-more-general interface, but I don't think one will appear anytime soon, so... applied