I am using Ubuntu 14.04, and the problem is still present. And I think this issue may start to gain relevance, since USB 3.0 attached SSDs are starting to appear, and BTRFS to check this parameter for applying SSD mount option.
For me, the situation is what I described above, usb3 attached ssd, with my system booting from it, and it is still considered to be rotational. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499237 Title: Doesn't detect usb flash drive as SSD Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a 4G usb flash drive, performed updates as of 19 Dec 2009, and installed bootchart. The bootchart showed ureadahead as blocking the boot sequence while it did the readahead (Spinning drive style) instead of doing readahead in the background as I was expecting for a SSD. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/499237/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

