From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:41:24 +0000 Subject: Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev Message-Id: <20040108004124.GA3388@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103055847.GC5306@kroah.com> <20040107185656.GB31827@kroah.com> <20040107195032.GB823@kroah.com> <14870000.1073521945@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: <14870000.1073521945@[10.10.2.4]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrey Borzenkov , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 04:32:26PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >> NOTE! We do have an alternative: if we were to just make block device > >> nodes support "readdir" and "lookup", you could just do > >> > >> open("/dev/sda/1" ...) > >> > >> and it magically works right. I've wanted to do this for a long time, but > >> every time I suggest allowing it, people scream. > > > > Hm, that would be nice. I don't remember seeing it being proposed > > before, what are the main complaints people have with this? > > Couldn't the partitions go under "/dev/sdaX/{1,2,3}" and solve the same > problem without doing magic on the devices? No, that's not the point. As discussed on irc, I think you now understand the issue (partitions not being present, media changed without kernel knowing about it, etc.) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel