Re: [patch 2/2] libata: power off unused ports

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Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> If a port doesn't support hot plug, there's no reason to keep the phy powered
> on unoccupied ports.  

Would it be possible to add some writable sysfs attribute for this too?

A lot of ports support hot plug, but the users knows they will never actually
hot plug anything there. Exposing it to sysfs would make sense so 
someone could make a conscious decision to save these watts by sacrifying
hotplug-support.

-Andi
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