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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pci: Support "removable" attribute for PCI
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From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To:     Rajat Jain <rajatja@google.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:17:10 +0200
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Am Freitag, den 23.04.2021, 19:16 -0700 schrieb Rajat Jain:
> Export the already available info, to the userspace via the
> device core, so that userspace can implement whatever policies it
> wants to, for external removable devices.

Hi,

is there a way to tell apart whether a device can undergo regular
surprise removal? Do we want that?

	Regards
		Oliver