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SubjectRe: floppy/cd eject on unmount behavior
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Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.981210122850.438A-100000@zaphod.cgmlarson.com>
By author: "Pat St. Jean" <psj@cgmlarson.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hey folks,
> Why not do it in reverse? I'm reasonably sure that CD-ROM drives will
> lock the tray. Why not, when that is available, lock it on mount, and do
> an unlock + eject on umount?
> I know it isn't an ideal solution, but it works with hardware that
> exists...
>

We do lock on mount. Most people don't want to have the tray
auto-ejected on umount (it was a common complaint with some early Linux
CD-ROM drivers), so we don't.

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