On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Tim Small <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Doing something like: > > echo 1 > /sys/block/sdc/device/delete > > prior to unplugging the drive will reduce messages on unplug (and will > also spin down the disk etc.). On some kernel versions it will also > stop the kernel speed limiting the interface (if that's a concern). Well... it will kill that block device completely. If you are removing hard disk connected to sata controller directly, it would do. However in case of dock with a disk cartridge, dock becomes nonoperational due to missing driver. /alexey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html