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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Paul Bristow <paul@paulbristow.net>
Cc: Jack Howarth <howarth@nitro.med.uc.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ide-floppy.c vs devfs
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Paul Bristow writes:
> Hi Jack,
> 
> Try the devfs test version that I just uploaded to
> 
> http://paulbristow.net/linux/idefloppy.html
> 
> This is early days, and I'm not sure what the best approach is...
> 
> Feedback is greatly appreaciated.

I haven't had time to look at this closely, but I question why you're
trying to prevent grok_partitions() from doing it's thing. There's
supposed to be a flag set for removable media which ensures media
revalidation on scanning the parent directory or looking up an entry.
I'd rather see that mechanism fixed.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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