Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:22:24 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices |
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote: > > Call me dumb, but why would someone use "eject" on a non-physically > ejectable device such as a memory stick ?
Perhaps because that's the operation that works everywhere and is the simplest one?
Just look at the icon on your desktop - it probably has "Eject" above the silly "Safely remove drive" when you right-click it. It has for me.
And I've taught myself (and my wife) to always eject media before removing them. I don't "unmount" them, because then for cdroms I need to first unmount them and then eject them. Or I'd need to do different operations for different devices. Both of which are just stupid.
So yes, I claim that "eject" is actually the *natural* thing to do before you physically remove the medium, because it works across different media.
But more importantly, we don't break what works. So what the f&^k was the point of even asking? THAT was the "dumb" thing here.
Linus
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