Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262048AbUACMhz (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:37:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262353AbUACMhz (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:37:55 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:51462 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262048AbUACMhx (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 07:37:53 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 13:37:49 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: 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: <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103055847.GC5306@kroah.com> <200401031151.02001.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200401031151.02001.arvidjaar@mail.ru>; from arvidjaar@mail.ru on Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:51:33AM +0300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 550 Lines: 12 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. - 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/