From: Roe Peterson <roe@liveglobalbid.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH - change to blkdev->queue calling triggers BUG in md.c
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 09:27:41 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D74D4ED.FFA5539F@liveglobalbid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: UTC200209030053.g830r9b16219.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl
I'm a newbie to the list (not unix, though :-), but anyhow...
Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > Another argument is that nobody knows whether there is
> > a partition table. (ZIP: "large floppy" vs "removable disk")
> > Another argument is that tricky things happen with disk managers.
>
> And none of these work any better in user space.
>
> Well, in fact they do.
>
> The user knows whether she treats her ZIP like a removable disk
> or like a big floppy, that is, whether she should ask or refrain
> from asking to read the pt.
"The User Knows"? My experience with the vast bulk of users is that
the only thing you can count on is that they _don't_ know. Much of
anything at all, in fact. Depending on an luser to know how her zip disk
is configured is _much_ less reliable than some minor kernel
heuristic (translate: guesswork).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-03 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-03 0:53 PATCH - change to blkdev->queue calling triggers BUG in md.c Andries.Brouwer
2002-09-03 3:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-03 3:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-03 4:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-03 4:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-03 15:22 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-03 15:22 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-03 15:27 ` Roe Peterson [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-02 21:41 Andries.Brouwer
2002-09-02 22:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 22:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 23:08 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 23:08 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 23:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 23:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 21:27 Andries.Brouwer
2002-09-02 21:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 21:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 21:48 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 21:48 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 21:43 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 21:43 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 21:58 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 21:58 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 22:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 22:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 22:39 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 22:39 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-02 22:33 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-02 22:57 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-09-02 23:27 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-03 17:23 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 18:04 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-03 19:38 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 20:20 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-03 20:34 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 20:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-03 20:55 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 21:59 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-03 22:03 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-04 0:08 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-09-04 5:50 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 20:50 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-03 21:05 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-03 21:32 ` Hacksaw
2002-09-03 21:51 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-04 8:02 ` Giuliano Pochini
2002-09-02 8:53 Andries.Brouwer
2002-09-02 17:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 17:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 20:35 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 20:35 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-02 20:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 20:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-01 23:43 Neil Brown
2002-09-02 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-02 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
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