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From: "David D. Hagood" <wowbagger@sktc.net>
To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New Zaurus Wishlist - removable media handling
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 06:29:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D1AF70B.7080501@sktc.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1025165512.1078.91.camel@bip

Xavier Bestel wrote:

> timeouts are *evil*. 
> 

Since the PC has no way of knowing when you eject the disk (for 
floppies) you have to have a timeout, so that the data gets flushed.

For CD's you need a timeout to unlock the drive, otherwise the user hits 
the eject button and nothing happens - you have to unlock the drive for 
eject.

I'm not saying you automatically EJECT the disk - just unmount it, or 
mount it RO so that the user can remove it without harm.



  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-27 11:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3D1A2DC1.6040401@travellingkiwi.com>
2002-06-27  0:19 ` New Zaurus Wishlist - removable media handling David Golden
2002-06-27  1:40   ` Tomasz Rola
2002-06-27  1:58     ` kernel: journal /ext3 problem. "Assertion failure" louie miranda
2002-06-27  2:18     ` New Zaurus Wishlist - removable media handling David D. Hagood
2002-06-27  8:11       ` Xavier Bestel
2002-06-27 11:29         ` David D. Hagood [this message]
2002-06-27 13:42       ` Tomasz Rola
2002-06-27  2:38     ` [Zaurus-general] " Larry Garfield
2002-06-27 17:26       ` Kent Sandvik
2002-06-27 17:36       ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-06-29  0:39       ` Horst von Brand

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