On Tuesday 31 July 2012 14:46:38 Alan Stern wrote:
> > > It is not obvious that external ports should be handled like internal
> > > ports.
>
> Why not? The important criterion is whether the port is connectable,
> not whether it is internal.
That doesn't mean it should be handled differently always either.
Just that it might be.
The difference is that you know what would be connected. You just
don't know whether it is connected. So if you've decided that you are
not going to automount new media, there is no need to detect
hotplugs. For an external port this conclusion cannot be drawn.
Which opens up an opportunity for optimisation. Should we disable
polling for new media on card readers that are internal and connectable
and have only one LUN?
Regards
Oliver
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