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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:58:13 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount -o async on a news servre
Message-ID:  <199701132058.NAA28205@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199701130539.WAA23833@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 12, 97 10:39:26 pm

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> > <grumble....>
> > 
> > Maybe it could if it were hooked to a PCMCIA card.  8-).
> 
> If it were hooked to a PCMCIA card, the kernel would realize it *was*
> ejected *AFTER* you physically removed the media which means it would be
> tool late to update the dirty buffers.  The only thing the PCIC
> controllers buys you is the ability to see insertion/removal request
> plus the ability to setup resource allocation a bit differently.

It can also scream "Put the card back!  Put the card back!".

Then it can say "OK, *now* you can remove the card!".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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