https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360064
Bug ID: 360064
Summary: Wish: Ability to exclude specific devices.
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.5.4
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Device Notifier
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Following on from:
Bug 358085 - Regression: Device Notifier ignores the setting of "Removable
Devices Only"
The Kernel, as from v4.4.x now supports hot-plug on SATA devices.
This results in hot-pluggable drives being shown as "removable" in
"sys/block/sdX/removable".
OK, in the broadest terms a hot-pluggable drive is removable...
It is from "sys/block/*" that "udisks2" derives it's information, and udisk2 is
where Device Notifier derives it's information.
There is a bug report ( https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111651 )
against the mainline kernel regarding this issue, but I'm not sure it's being
treated as a bug per se.
As I understand it, later BIOS may have the ability to disable (I assume the
reporting of) the hot-plug status. Older BIOS may not have, or the hot-plug
status is simply "wrong".
With regard to the Device Notifier:
An option per device to ignore that device would be a good solution.
At the moment having what are essentially fixed devices appearing as removable
is not particularly good; "dangerous" even, as one could inadvertently un-mount
the device.
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