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SubjectRe: Flames over -- Re: Which is simpler?
Alan Stern wrote:
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> I'm confused. Weren't you arguing, only a few days ago, that it _should_
> be okay to unplug a USB drive while the system is suspended? After all,

No, I wasn't arguing that it should be okay to unplug a usb drive while
the system is suspended, I was saying that it is better for the kernel
to assume you did not when it can't really tell, since you aren't
supposed to do that anyhow.

> since there's no difference (as far as the kernel can see) between power
> loss on the bus and an actual unplug, you can hardly say that one should
> be allowed and the other not.

But there _IS_ a difference between power loss and actual unplug, so
I very well can say one is allowed and the other is not. The fact that
the kernel can not tell the difference is simply a limitation that must
be dealt with.


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