linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: hub: Mark devices downstream a removable hub, as removable

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Message-ID: <YVzwq0bFKvKyO1TN@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 02:41:15 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Rajat Jain <rajatxjain@...il.com>
Cc:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...gle.com>,
        Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen@...opsys.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        levinale@...gle.com, bleung@...gle.com, jsbarnes@...gle.com,
        pmalani@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: hub: Mark devices downstream a removable hub,
 as removable

> AFAIK, the primary reason / use of this attribute was to distinguish
> devices that can be removed by the user, and really all such devices
> (at least the ones that matter to user) today sit either on PCI or USB
> bus.

Hard disk on SATA? You can hot plug them.

SFP modules on i2c?

I'm sure there are others, which are not PCI or USB.

     Andrew