On Tue, 2020-08-25 at 07:56 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > while adding absolutely no value. Basically we have to add a large > chunk of kernel code just to undo silicone/firmware Intel added to > their > platform to make things complicated. I mean it is their platform and > if > they want a "make things complicated" option that is fine, but it > should > not be on by default.
Thanks for your feedback. Over the years, I've been forwarded numerous emails from VMD customers praising it's ability to prevent Linux kernel panics upon hot-removals and inserts of U.2 NVMe drives. Many were migrating from SATA drives, which didn't have this issue, and considered it a showstopper to NVMe adoption. I hope we can all agree reliable and robust hot-plug support adds value.
