On Thursday 31 August 2006 4:01 am, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 03:36:42AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > But in general, userspace should be assuming that all removable > > media will have been removed by the time the system comes back up, > > and have prepared for it. Unmounting would be a nice safe policy, > > but if userspace knows the system will sleep and is _not_ ready for > > the media to be removed, that's a userspace bug. > > Mmm... it doesn't seem so flexible. What happens if umount fails? I > can't suspend the system? :-o Do you value "flexibility" over "correctness" then? Most folk don't want to risk the data loss ... Yes, "can't suspend" is a much safer result than "will predicatably lose data when the removable media get removed". :( - Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
