Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262590AbUKXKHA (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:07:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262591AbUKXKG7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:06:59 -0500 Received: from colino.net ([213.41.131.56]:51960 "EHLO paperstreet.colino.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262590AbUKXKGm (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:06:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:06:04 +0100 From: Colin Leroy To: Raj Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Delay in unmounting a USB pen drive Message-ID: <20041124110604.58828db5@pirandello> In-Reply-To: References: <20041124103816.0a8d4183@pirandello> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12cvs166.1 (GTK+ 2.4.0; i686-redhat-linux-gnu) X-Face: Fy:*XpRna1/tz}cJ@O'0^:qYs:8b[Rg`*8,+o^[fI?<%5LeB,Xz8ZJK[r7V0hBs8G)*&C+XA0qHoR=LoTohe@7X5K$A-@cN6n~~J/]+{[)E4h'lK$13WQf$.R+Pi;E09tk&{t|;~dakRD%CLHrk6m!?gA,5|Sb=fJ=>[9#n1Bu8?VngkVM4{'^'V_qgdA.8yn3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 756 Lines: 21 On 24 Nov 2004 at 15h11, Raj wrote: Hi, > > Lucky you :) If your key is fat or vfat, you could try these two patches > > and mount your USB key with -o sync option, your feedback interests me. > > It should make the copies to key slower, but the umount immediate. > > Yes, my key is vfat. I shall try out the vfat patch & post the > results. It might take some time, coz i am building a 2.9 gnome right > now. Will keep the list posted with the results. Apply also the fat patch, vfat uses fat. -- Colin - 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/