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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:00:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> 
> No, my suggested changes would not break a single Linux installation
> in the world.

.. by making your suggested behaviour not be used. Yes.

But if that is the case, then we _still_ need to fix the media change and 
partition read issue. Right? Which brings back _all_ my points for why it 
should be done at open time, and by the generic routine. Agreed?

		Linus

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