linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Move the "removable" attribute from USB to core

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Date:   Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:58:54 -0400
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, helgaas@...nel.org,
        rajatxjain@...il.com, jsbarnes@...gle.com, dtor@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Move the "removable" attribute from
 USB to core

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 07:16:30PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote:
> Move the "removable" attribute from USB to core in order to allow
> it to be supported by other subsystem / buses. Individual buses
> that want to support this attribute can opt-in by setting the
> supports_removable flag, and then populating the removable property
> of the device while enumerating it. The ABI for the attribute remains
> unchanged.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>
> ---
> v2: Add documentation

For the parts affecting the USB core:

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>