> Because the VFS would be unhappy if mounted media suddenly disappeared > from under it (and was potentially replaced with something different). > That applies to all mounts, not just CDs.
But doesn't the VFS already handle such situations with USB pen drives and to some extent with network file systems as well? --- Abhijit's Reply --- > But doesn't the VFS already handle such situations with USB pen drives No. Hotplug handles such things, not the VFS, and that's a comparatively recent development. If you could write something that generated hotplug events when you closed or opened the CD tray, I suppose you could make it do the right thing. subfs takes a different approach, but has much the same effect. Nandz PS: Re-posting on the list as it may be relevant to some. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
