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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pci: Support "removable" attribute for PCI
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Am Mittwoch, den 28.04.2021, 14:21 +0200 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:

> In principle, in the wake of Thunderbolt every PCI driver handling
> PCIe devices needs to be able to deal with a device that's gone away
> without notice, because in principle any PCIe device can be included
> into a Thunderbolt docking station which may go away as a whole
> without notice.

Yes, but we are dealing with what we export to user space, don't we?

	Regards
		Oliver