Rob: So doesn't the question become whether the requirement is important enough to warrant a redesign? How important is this requirement, Mark?
Romney On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:53:36 +0200 Rob van der Heij said: >At 18:49 24-09-02, Post, Mark K wrote: > >>I would like to see a "remove device" command that would go one step further >>and require another "add device" before the volume is usable again. I'm not >>sure why, it just seems "right" to me. Perhaps a little bit of professional >>paranoia. > >With the normal risks that one runs as a messenger... > >The designer of the code feels that this would disturb the mapping of >virtual address to minor number and make it unpredictable. I would >immediately agree that it could have been designed differently, but >it was not. >While it does most of the job for me, the dynamic interface is >dangerous if you use it too casual. > >Rob
