Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:01:28 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: pete@altadena.net Subject: Re: Devd event from GEOM? Message-ID: <20050125.080128.35796224.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <85367.1106664286@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20050125.073258.94555150.imp@bsdimp.com> <85367.1106664286@critter.freebsd.dk>
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <20050125.073258.94555150.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
:
: >: So suppose I'm listening to a devd socket to try and identify storage
: >: devices arriving that I can automount. How do I know which device
: >: announcements are for storage devices?
: >
: >Hmmmm, once upon a time I'd have said 'stat the device, and you know'
: >since those would be block devices....
:
: We do actually have an ioctl, FIODTYPE, which will tell you the
: "kind" of device, but that requires you to open it (O_NDELAY will
: do)
And if opening the device has side effects?
Warner
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