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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:42:21 +0300
From: victor cruceru <victor.cruceru@gmail.com>
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Subject: O_NONBLOCK for devices with removable media
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Hi all,
I'm just wondering if it's OK for an open syscall on such a device (i.e.=20
/dev/acd0 or /dev/da1 with a CF reader attached) to block till the media is=
=20
ready or a timeout occurs.
Thanks,
Victor