On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 09:27:43AM +0300, Eray Aslan wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 03:23:18AM +0800, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > > I think Arto Jantunen explained it pretty well earlier in this > > thread: > > > Reliability in the case of modern kernels and modern hardware > > > means event based, not static. The hardware in a modern computer > > > comes and goes as it pleases (usb devices being the worst example, > > > but scanning > > That's the thing. Hardware do not come and go as it pleases on my > servers and I do not want anything happening when someone inserts a > usb device. It's nice on my laptop but not on my servers.
It comes and goes on my servers. I bring online new storage devices, and change their sizes when I decide I want more space. Sometimes I bring online a lot of temporary space and then take it away when I'm done. These are production servers with Fibre Channel attached storage and this is not a unique use case. Having to manually fiddle with rescan-scsi-bus etc to see the new devices is a PITA and I welcome any attempt to make this a more seamless process. Don't assume dynamic device detection is only about personal machines or USB. It's useful in a much wider context. J. -- We are talking one charming motherf**king pig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120426172344.gg20...@earth.li