Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Of removable devices | From | Francis GALIEGUE <> | Date | 18 Feb 2000 19:33:20 +0100 |
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David Balazic <david.balazic@uni-mb.si> writes:
> > > > And who gets the notice if no one is there? or no one is logged in? > [skipped sarcasm] > > The one that ejected the medium , obviously. > echo "Put that back in , son !" > /dev/console > > satisfied ? >
No. The sole role of the kernel in case of broken hardware (hence, floppies) is to ensure data integrity, not to tell the user "please insert floppy #adead007". Easing removable media manipulation would sure be a great plus (for users), but not to the expense of unneeded and unnecessary tell-user-what-to-do stuff. If it were to take this path, then IMHO the already mentioned proposal of a kernel space (ultralight) daemon noticing an userspace daemon about missing medium would be the best solution.
And even if user space notification and report were implemented and functional, a user in a hurry is a user in a hurry and would be far away from the culprit machine before the "please insert" message pops up on the screen. OTOH, he'd be happy to see that "the floppy I forgot yesterday" is alive and well...
> Or just make the drive "buzz" like I described in my other mail. > ( by turning the motor on and off , and moving the head around ) >
Sure, turn already-broken hardware into fubar hardware...
-- fg, who thinks this branch of the thread has little to do with kernel stuff...
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