From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 12:51:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D8A106566B for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:51:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:7b8:30f:e0::5059:ee8a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B1B8FC14 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:51:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (psc11.adsl.iaf.nl [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p37CostG071277 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:50:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p37CosUI071276 for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:50:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) X-Authentication-Warning: mx1.psconsult.nl: paul set sender to freebsd@psconsult.nl using -f Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:50:54 +0200 From: Paul Schenkeveld To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110407125054.GA71210@psconsult.nl> References: <4D9D7EEB.3080607@FreeBSD.org> <70252.1302171058@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <70252.1302171058@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: geom and removable media X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:51:00 -0000 On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 10:10:58AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <4D9D7EEB.3080607@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon writes: > > >Which I > >don't think would a right thing in the current world order where /dev/cdX > >represents both the drive and its media. > > You can create the new /dev/cdX right away, so there is no real window of > inconsistency. > > And good observation btw, it was a big mistake to use the same /dev > entry for both drive and media, but waaay to late to fix it now. /dev/cd0.ctl ? Regards, Paul Schenkeveld