Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:56:13 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add MOUNT_STATUS ioctl to cdrom device |
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 04:09:54PM +0700, Samphan Raruenrom wrote: > The only visible feature of this new magicdev is that now > GNOME users can eject there CDs (the discs' icon will > disappear). The eject button now act as 'umount' command. > > One new requirement from this new magicdev is the question > "will umount failed?". I have no preference on any way to > implement it. Should there be the right way to do it, I'll > do so. I can think of many way to implement it (including > adding a new lazy-lock mode to cdrom device) but since > I have no kernel hacking experience, I need everyone > advices. Novice users need this 'eject' button after all.
This doesn't make sense at all. Just try the unmount and tell the user if it failed - you can't say whether it will fail before trying.
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