Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:45:14 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [Rdi1] Re: [PATCH] Add MOUNT_STATUS ioctl to cdrom device |
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On Tue, Aug 26 2003, Samphan Raruenrom wrote: > GNOME automounter that use the new "event status notification" and also > let users eject their CDs - > "without polling" - possible? > It must be real cool to write such daemon (polling make any hacker feel > guilty).
I don't want to burst your bubble, but you still have to poll when using event status notification. You didn't note that the name of my program was cd_poll.c? ;-)
But the poll is much quicker and more reliable.
-- Jens Axboe
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