Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:49:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:48:57 -0500 Received: from david.siemens.de ([192.35.17.14]:47833 "EHLO david.siemens.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:48:43 -0500 From: Borsenkow Andrej To: howarth@nitro.med.uc.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@mandrakesoft.com Subject: Re: ide-floppy.c vs devfs Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:48:34 +0300 Message-ID: <001001c16b46$0cac8480$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3311 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The fix for it is included in current Mandrake cooker. As I already said, I do not like it (the fix is to pretend we have media when we have none) but it is the only possible way given current partition layer design it seems. I would prefer that partition layer registered .../disc for removable media irrespectively of whether media is inserted or not, but well ... it's up to other people to decide. -andrej Sorry, replying off web archive. - 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/