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 Content-Length: 754 Lines: 21 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/