Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:21:13 +0200 From: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB memory stick hotswap problems Message-ID: <20040926182113.7ccffc2c.benlutz@datacomm.ch> In-Reply-To: <200409261036.49484.Lucas.James@LDJcs.Com.Au> References: <41555396.4030009@fer.hr> <20040926021347.721a025f.benlutz@datacomm.ch> <20040926005943.GA61350@parodius.com> <200409261036.49484.Lucas.James@LDJcs.Com.Au>
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--Signature=_Sun__26_Sep_2004_18_21_13_+0200_ueFWMZhWpaIO1CQ/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > We should be telling the kernel at some point that this is a removable > device, and not have the kernel complain if we umount it when the device > has already disappeared (assuming that we have mounted it with -o sync). Even if it's mounted async, the kernel should just shrug, flush the now useless stuff from memory, and get on with it's live. Maybe a log entry could be made when there's still unwritten data that has now been lost. I'm anxious to see what phk comes up with :) Benjamin --Signature=_Sun__26_Sep_2004_18_21_13_+0200_ueFWMZhWpaIO1CQ/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBVux8gShs4qbRdeQRAu0uAKCA9wZwPEpiW5dL7sf21Ae1eRQ77ACePl32 1M6SPXnkZ8j77gPQOcV86j4= =KtRz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__26_Sep_2004_18_21_13_+0200_ueFWMZhWpaIO1CQ/--
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