Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:16:37 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev |
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On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:42:50AM +0000, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:31:55AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > NOTE! We do have an alternative: if we were to just make block device > > nodes support "readdir" and "lookup", you could just do > > > > open("/dev/sda/1" ...) > > > > and it magically works right. I've wanted to do this for a long time, but > > every time I suggest allowing it, people scream. > > ... and do so for a good reason. > > Guys, could we please put the entire thing on hold for a week or so? > There's stuff around the block hotplug that would simplify a lot in > that area and I'd rather see partitioning code (and bdev code in general, > for that matter) not messed with until we do that right.
Fine with me, the current situation works just fine for my devices right now :)
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