linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: Allow hosts to be flagged as hotpluggable

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:45:36 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: Allow hosts to be flagged as hotpluggable

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 02:43:19PM +0000, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 15:38 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Exactly.
> 
> OK, so if this is only in relation to SATA power management, put it in
> libata and call it something like pm_capable.  That way we don't have to
> work out what to do with it for the rest of SCSI.

I have vague memories of this coming up before and it being suggested 
that it should be done at the SCSI layer instead, but I can't find that 
now. Doing it entirely in libata certainly isn't a problem.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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