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In message <4D9D4B10.1080501@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon writes:
>on 07/04/2011 03:09 Poul-Henning Kamp said the following:
>> In message <4D9C7B52.5010207@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon writes:
>> 
>>> Suppose we implemented a mechanism to detect removal or change of removable media
>>> (e.g. for optical discs in cd drives).  How to signal media removal (or change)?
>>> Destroy the existing and create a new disk(9)?
>>> Or do some sort of geom spoil on it?
>> 
>> Basically yes.
>
>Apologies, but yes to what? :)

To Both :-)

Look at g_wither_provider() as a starting point.


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