Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:43:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:43:00 -0500 Received: from mgw-x2.nokia.com ([131.228.20.22]:63177 "EHLO mgw-x2.nokia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:42:53 -0500 Message-ID: <3C8895A9.9090705@nokia.com> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 12:42:49 +0200 From: Marko Kohtala User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221 X-Accept-Language: fi, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dalecki@evision-ventures.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Removable IDE devices problem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2002 10:42:49.0894 (UTC) FILETIME=[FE1AC460:01C1C68D] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Your analysis of the problem is entierly right, since the current > kernel behaviour for removable media is supposed to work for > floppies (never get this thing out of your computer > as long as long the diode blinks) or read only media where it doesn't > really matter. However I still don't see a good way to > resolve this issue. (Maybe just adding buffer cache flush before > going into the check_media_change business of "grocking" partitions > would be sufficient... But there is ide-floppy and ide-cd with their own media_check functions. I'm thinking about ignoring the removable bit, at least when the device does not have door lock. What would be hurt by it? P.S. Sorry for the previous mail with long lines. I should know better than using Outlook... - 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/