On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 08:59:11AM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 04:28:39PM +0800, Lan Tianyu wrote:
> > This patch is to set xhci root hub's DeviceRemovable according to usb port's
> > connect type which currently comes from ACPI information. If ACPI 
> > information
> > was different with PORTSC, there would be a warning.
> 
> You should also add the note here that you're trusting the ACPI tables
> over the xHCI DeviceRemovable port status register bits when you decide
> whether to mark a port as hard-wired.  Tianyu is doing it this way
> because Windows is likely to rely on the ACPI tables over the
> DeviceRemovable bits.

"Likely"?  Is that going to be tested anywhere in the Windows test
suites?

I would think that the bits would be more reliable than the ACPI tables.

greg k-h
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