From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Hering Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 12:42:16 +0000 Subject: Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev Message-Id: <20040103124216.GA31006@suse.de> List-Id: References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103055847.GC5306@kroah.com> <200401031151.02001.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="macroman" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Andrey Borzenkov , Greg KH , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org IE9uIFNhdCwgSmFuIDAzLCBBbmRyaWVzIEJyb3V3ZXIgd3JvdGU6Cgo+IE9uIFNhdCwgSmFuIDAz LCAyMDA0IGF0IDExOjUxOjMzQU0gKzAzMDAsIEFuZHJleSBCb3J6ZW5rb3Ygd3JvdGU6Cj4gCj4g PiB5ZXMuIFNvIHdoYXQgLSBob3cgZG9lcyBpdCBoZWxwPyBVc2VyIG5lZWRzIC9kZXYvc2RhNC4g VXNlciBoYXMgL2Rldi9zZGEgb25seS4gCj4gPiBBbnkgYXR0ZW1wdCB0byByZWZlciB0byAvZGV2 L3NkYTQgc2ltcGx5IHJldHVybnMgIk5vIHN1Y2ggZmlsZSBvciBkaXJlY3RvcnkiCj4gCj4gVGhp bmdzIGFyZSBmYXIgZnJvbSBwZXJmZWN0IGhlcmUsIGJ1dCAiYmxvY2tkZXYgLS1yZXJlYWRwdCAv ZGV2L3NkYSIgaGVscHMuCgpJcyB0aGVyZSByZWFsbHkgbm8gd2F5IHRvIGdldCBhIG1lZGlhIGNo YW5nZSBub3RpZmljYXRpb24gZnJvbSBaSVAgb3IKSkFaIGRyaXZlcz8KCi0tIApVU0IgaXMgZm9y IG1pY2UsIEZpcmVXaXJlIGlzIGZvciBtZW4hCgpzVXNlIGxJTlVYIGFnLCBuw5xSTkJFUkcKCgot LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tClRo aXMgU0YubmV0IGVtYWlsIGlzIHNwb25zb3JlZCBieTogSUJNIExpbnV4IFR1dG9yaWFscy4KQmVj b21lIGFuIGV4cGVydCBpbiBMSU5VWCBvciBqdXN0IHNoYXJwZW4geW91ciBza2lsbHMuICBTaWdu IHVwIGZvciBJQk0ncwpGcmVlIExpbnV4IFR1dG9yaWFscy4gIExlYXJuIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcgZnJv bSB0aGUgYmFzaCBzaGVsbCB0byBzeXMgYWRtaW4uCkNsaWNrIG5vdyEgaHR0cDovL2Fkcy5vc2Ru LmNvbS8/YWRfaWQSNzgmYWxsb2NfaWQzNzEmb3A9Y2xpY2sKX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KTGludXgtaG90cGx1Zy1kZXZlbCBtYWlsaW5nIGxp c3QgIGh0dHA6Ly9saW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldApMaW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLWRl dmVsQGxpc3RzLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3RzLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldC9s aXN0cy9saXN0aW5mby9saW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLWRldmVs From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263472AbUACMnL (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:43:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263479AbUACMnK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:43:10 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:57473 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263472AbUACMms (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:42:48 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 13:42:16 +0100 From: Olaf Hering To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Andrey Borzenkov , Greg KH , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev Message-ID: <20040103124216.GA31006@suse.de> References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103055847.GC5306@kroah.com> <200401031151.02001.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 03, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:51:33AM +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > > yes. So what - how does it help? User needs /dev/sda4. User has /dev/sda only. > > Any attempt to refer to /dev/sda4 simply returns "No such file or directory" > > Things are far from perfect here, but "blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sda" helps. Is there really no way to get a media change notification from ZIP or JAZ drives? -- USB is for mice, FireWire is for men! sUse lINUX ag, nÜRNBERG