From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Igor Bukanov <boukanov@fi.uib.no>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can eject mounted zip disk after suspend/resume (2.4.4)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 20:16:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010501201606.A32@(none)> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AEE05AE.1090101@fi.uib.no> <E14uOJr-0000pC-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E14uOJr-0000pC-00@the-village.bc.nu>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Tue, May 01, 2001 at 01:47:08AM +0100
Hi!
> > If I hit an eject button on internal IDE IOMEGA zip drive after
> > resume/suspend to memory on my Dell Inspiron 7500 notebook, then the
> > disk will be ejected even if it is mounted. This behavior happens ONLY
> > if I suspend my system with the mounted zip. Could I fix this somehow?
>
> Its an Inspiron bios bug - they fail to preserve the locked stat of the zip
> drive across a suspend. Its not the worst bug in the world. In theory the
> scsi/ide layer could use a PM notifier to check the locked stat is right
> and force the drive into the right state. I'd take patches for it but lets
> say its not high on my 'urgent problem' list
That would not work. If someone pressed eject while resuming....
[Fact that zips like to remember button presses might make this pretty
bad.]
--
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-03 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-01 0:39 Can eject mounted zip disk after suspend/resume (2.4.4) Igor Bukanov
2001-05-01 0:47 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-01 20:16 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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