Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:17:56 -0500 | From | Phillip Susi <> | Subject | Re: Flames over -- Re: Which is simpler? |
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Alan Stern wrote: > > 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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