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860lacov

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Registered: 2020-05-02

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The system does not detect the drive in the NVMe enclosure.

I have an issue with an NVMe enclosure.
It is based on JHL7440 and RTL9210 chipsets.

The laptop is a Lenovo P14s with USB4, and if I am not mistaken, this port should be compatible with Thunderbolt.

When I connect the drive in the enclosure to the computer, a window appears with a message about the need for Thunderbolt authorization (KDE Plasma).
In the system settings (KDE Plasma), the device is visible as connected and authorized.

tblist shows:

Domain 0 Route 2: 0025:0001 inateck FE2029
Type: Router
Speed (Rx/Tx): 40/40 Gb/s
Authorized: Yes
Generation: Thunderbolt 3
NVM version: 67.0

sudo journalctl -xe | grep -i "thunderbolt|nvme"
[sudo] password for user jm:
Journal file /var/log/journal/ee5296cc61304500ac9ef076d73d1d33/system@0006278510ac5a0b-af48c4529c0b1b14.journal~ is truncated, ignoring file.
Apr 08 21:33:07 p14s kernel: nvme nvme0: using unchecked data buffer
Apr 08 21:33:33 p14s kernel: thunderbolt 0-0:2.1: new retimer found, vendor=0x1da0 device=0x8830
Apr 08 21:33:34 p14s kernel: thunderbolt 0-2: new device found, vendor=0x25 device=0x1
Apr 08 21:33:34 p14s kernel: thunderbolt 0-2: inateck FE2029
Apr 08 21:33:34 p14s kernel: nvme 0000:06:00.0: platform quirk: setting simple suspend
Apr 08 21:33:34 p14s kernel: nvme nvme1: pci function 0000:06:00.0
Apr 08 21:33:34 p14s kernel: nvme 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

cat /sys/bus/thunderbolt/devices/domain0/security
user

Regarding the above, Arch Wiki states that the security level should be set to at least "secure," but I have not found such an option in the BIOS.