Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422665AbWBNTOI (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:14:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422667AbWBNTOI (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:14:08 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:29710 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422665AbWBNTOH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:14:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:14:02 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Kernel development list Subject: Re: Flames over -- Re: Which is simpler? Message-ID: <20060214191402.GD51709@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Kernel development list References: <43F11A9D.5010301@cfl.rr.com> <43F13BDF.3060208@cfl.rr.com> <43F17850.8080600@cfl.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 950 Lines: 19 On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:23:53AM -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > SCSI != USB. Users generally don't expect to hotplug SCSI devices > while booted and running (with the exception of some _really_ > expensive hotplug-bays where we expect the admin to know what the > hell they're doing). On the other hand, users _do_ expect to hotplug > random USB devices whenever they feel like it. I do expect to be able to move non-mounted disks around while suspended to disk, whatever their kind is (ide, sata, scsi, whatever). That's one of the main reasons you want a reliable suspend-to-disk on servers, another one being riding predicted powerloss (moving boxes around can be called a powerloss). OG. - 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/