After upgrading my box yesterday, even if no udisks package wer upgraded, my HDD is reported by udisks as a removable media. Udisks2: 2.1.6 Linux: 4.4.1 gvfs: 1.26.2 libatasmart: 0.19-3 Another user on the archlinux forums is reporting the very same issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1602175#p1602175
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The following are the packages i upgraded before getting the problem: firefox-nightly (47.0a1.20160129-1 -> 47.0a1.20160205-1) libcap (2.24-2 -> 2.25-1) bind-tools (9.10.3.P3-1 -> 9.10.3.P3-3) calligra-filters (2.9.10-3 -> 2.9.11-1) giflib (5.1.1-1 -> 5.1.2-1) pixman (0.32.8-1 -> 0.34.0-1) hunspell (1.3.3-3 -> 1.3.4-1) libbsd (0.8.1-1 -> 0.8.2-1) calligra-libs (2.9.10-3 -> 2.9.11-1) calligra-plugins (2.9.10-3 -> 2.9.11-1) calligra-krita (2.9.10-3 -> 2.9.11-1) dialog (1:1.2_20150920-1 -> 1:1.3_20160126-1) v4l-utils (1.6.3-3 -> 1.10.0-1) x265 (1.8-3 -> 1.9-1) ffmpeg (1:2.8.5-2 -> 1:2.8.6-2) gst-plugins-bad (1.6.3-1 -> 1.6.3-3) icedtea-web (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.2-1) icedtea-web-doc (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.2-1) intel-ucode (20150121-1 -> 20151106-1) librsvg (2:2.40.11-1 -> 2:2.40.13-1) lib32-pixman (0.32.8-1 -> 0.34.0-1) lib32-librsvg (2.40.12-1 -> 2.40.13-1) libgphoto2 (2.5.8-1 -> 2.5.9-1) libutf8proc (1.3.1-2 -> 1.3.1-3) libwacom (0.17-1 -> 0.18-1) linux-firmware (20151207.bbe4917-1 -> 20160113.40e9ae8-1) linux (4.3.3-3 -> 4.4.1-2) linux-headers (4.3.3-3 -> 4.4.1-2) netsurf (3.3-2 -> 3.3-3) nvidia-340xx (340.96-3 -> 340.96-5) php (7.0.2-2 -> 7.0.3-1) php-apache (7.0.2-2 -> 7.0.3-1) php-fpm (7.0.2-2 -> 7.0.3-1) php-gd (7.0.2-2 -> 7.0.3-1) php-mcrypt (7.0.2-2 -> 7.0.3-1) poppler (0.39.0-1 -> 0.40.0-1) poppler-glib (0.39.0-1 -> 0.40.0-1) poppler-qt4 (0.39.0-1 -> 0.40.0-1) poppler-qt5 (0.39.0-1 -> 0.40.0-1) potrace (1.12-1 -> 1.13-1) qscintilla-qt4 (2.9.1-2 -> 2.9.1-3) python-qscintilla-qt4-common (2.9.1-2 -> 2.9.1-3) python-setuptools (1:19.6.2-1 -> 1:19.7-1) python2-setuptools (1:19.6.2-1 -> 1:19.7-1) python2-keyring (8.2-1 -> 8.3-1) python2-virtualenv (14.0.1-1 -> 14.0.5-1) qtractor (0.7.3-1 -> 0.7.4-1) socat (1.7.3.0-1 -> 1.7.3.1-1) vhba-module (20140928-20 -> 20140928-22) virtualbox-host-modules (5.0.14-1 -> 5.0.14-3) vlc (2.2.1-11 -> 2.2.1-13) winetricks (20151227-1 -> 20160109-1)
Downgrading kernel to 4.3.3. "fixes" it. I'm not sure if i need to submit the issue to linux devs too.
Disabling the hotplug functionality in the bios make the drives appears as non removable anymore; so i guess the kernel code is fine here; ti just started to support the hotplug "bit"
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