Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:07:17 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: letting glabel recognise a media change Message-ID: <4CA4FC05.3020407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4CA3BD7C.9080306@feral.com> References: <20100929211253.GA1250@freebsd.org> <4CA3B393.8060206@icyb.net.ua> <4CA3BD7C.9080306@feral.com>
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On 9/29/2010 3:28 PM, Matthew Jacob wrote: > On 9/29/2010 2:45 PM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> on 30/09/2010 00:12 Alexander Best said the following: >>> hi there, >>> >>> i wanted to ask if it would be possible to asjust glabel so that e.g. >>> inserting >>> a new media into a dvd-drive gets recognised and glabel displays the >>> lablel >>> right away. >> Yes, of course, as soon as we have in kernel a programmatic way to >> know that >> media as changed. >> We don't have one right now... >> > > What announcement API would you like to add? > > If something like that was in place, I assure you that things would > start to use it very quickly. To what extent is HAL relevant here? I was sort of ambivalent about using it in FreeBSD, but my recent experimentation with ubuntu is starting to change my mind. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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