Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:36:01 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devd limitations / automounting removable storage Message-ID: <XFMail.20030917143601.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030916.233528.64215542.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On 17-Sep-2003 M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20030916232724.GG3052@saboteur.dek.spc.org> > Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> writes: >: Any objections to adding devd notifications to the CAM layer? It would >: allow us to automount such devices. Specifically I'm thinking that a >: program to change the running automounter map could be used. > > I'd make them different types of events. I'd also prototype it up to > see how bad things get. > > In the long term, we want CAM to be newbus. > > However, in the long term we'd also like to move away from doing > things to devices, and more towards doing things on the resources they > provide to the system. When a network interface appears, we should > use that event, not that a driver attached. > > The simple devd detach/attachment stuff we do now gets us a lot of > bang for the buck, but there are limitations. Maybe have GEOM send events when mountable entities show up? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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