Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 22:58:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: supenguin@bigfoot.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount checking for read-only media Message-ID: <200102090558.f195wEW01613@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Feb 2001 00:03:06 EST." <3A837A0A.DAB3520A@columbus.rr.com> References: <3A837A0A.DAB3520A@columbus.rr.com>
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In message <3A837A0A.DAB3520A@columbus.rr.com> Kenny Drobnack writes: : Is some system call to check the hardware to see if its physically : writable? I figure there is. I want to start hacking at the kernel a : bit, and it seems like something simple (comparitively) would be a good : place to start. Up there on my wish list is getting a journaling : filesystem ported to FreeBSD. This is a driver bug. The da driver, which deals with disks, doesn't check to see if the media is writable or not before allowing r/w mounts. You could short circuit the panic by fixing this. Fixing the panic might be harder... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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