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From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: please do not close the drive tray automatically. (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c)
In-Reply-To: <200101081801.f08I1Ce00819@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 8, 2001 10:01:12 am"
To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:58:54 +0100 (CET)
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It seems Mike Smith wrote:
> Closing the drive tray at what is effectively a random time violates the 
> user interface model for the CDROM.  I think it's a stunningly stupid 
> idea (for the damage reasons that Matt gives as well as the semantic 
> violations).
> 
> It's bad enough that some drives close as part of the reset cycle; doing 
> it on first open would definitely be Not On.  Opening/closing the tray is 
> part of the media exchange cycle; in much the same way that a tape drive 
> can eject a tape, but requires the operator to explicitly load one.

OK OK, I'll rip it out again, as soon as my -current box allows me
to actually do something, MFC will follow in a timely manner....

-Søren


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