Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:39:04 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Mike <mspam@www.ideaway.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB memory stick hotswap problems Message-ID: <20040927193904.GB1016@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040925205030.M69999@www.ideaway.net> References: <20040925205030.M69999@www.ideaway.net>
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--1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 03:50:30PM -0500, Mike wrote: > Although I fully understand your reasoning, there is still a major > problem here that really should be resolved. I don't claim that I > have a solution - but I think I have an example that really requires > for this to be solved in some way other than "you must unmount the > USB device before unplugging". You can make statements like this all you want, but at the end of the day all you do is delay the solution. The few developers who are capable of fixing these sorts of problems understand the issues and would like to fix them, but the code is question is large, complex, and fairly crufty. It also wasn't designed with this sort of scenario in mind. The more time those developers have to spend reading messages from people demanding a fix and pontificating on the importance of the fix, the less time they can spend of the necessary architectural cleanups to actually fix the problem. If you want to do something to hasten the arrival of a fix, consider donating to the Foundation for work in this area or perhaps contributing to a developer like PHK when they solicit donations to enable them to do related work. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBWGxXXY6L6fI4GtQRAuoZAKCjQRhlA50F00AdHaSF+oIbI1vX4ACeOLKS jEDIfkvIDkZGUcdlp6g8AmY= =eFwh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG--
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