Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266285AbUAGR5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:57:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266287AbUAGR5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:57:08 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:15318 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266285AbUAGR5C (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:57:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:56:51 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Olaf Hering Cc: Jens Axboe , Andrey Borzenkov , Andries Brouwer , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev Message-ID: <20040107175651.GE31177@kroah.com> References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103133749.A3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040103124216.GA31006@suse.de> <200401031905.31806.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103175414.GX5523@suse.de> <20040107094321.GC21059@suse.de> <20040107095029.GX3483@suse.de> <20040107095632.GA22213@suse.de> <20040107095922.GY3483@suse.de> <20040107102515.GC22770@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040107102515.GC22770@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 974 Lines: 27 On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:25:15AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 07 2004, Olaf Hering wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 07, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > > > > No need to put it in the kernel, user space fits the bil nicely. I don't > > > > see how this would lead to IO errors? > > > > > > Ok, how should it be done on my SCSI and parallel port ZIP? An ATAPI ZIP > ^^^ > > "How"? We need a sane way to deal with removeable medias. > Do you have example code that can be put into the udev distribution? In udev? Why, that sounds like the job for some other tool/program, that can sit around and poll devices. Not job for udev (which is for naming devices.) thanks, greg k-h - 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/