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Date:      21 Apr 1998 16:42:50 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: next stages in devfs
Message-ID:  <xzpd8ebgrrp.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Julian Elischer's message of "Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:24:00 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980420235954.20470C-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> writes:
> Maybe FreeBSD could do what some other vendors do and have a constant
> probe (non activating) going on all detected drives (once per few seconds)
> I know some people hate the idea but it is one solution.

Sign me up as one of the haters.

As Robert says, there is a simple solution for (newer-than-AT) floppy
drives; as for CD-ROMS, LS120 and friends, they're all lockable AFAIK.

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