Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 10:00 -0800, Gary Winiger wrote:
>>> I don't understand why a scanner would be classed as removable media.
>> Because you put removable stuff in it and remove the stuff when
>> done. Solaris Object Reuse needs to be supported.
>
> I'm still not understanding why you think this means "object reuse"
> applies here; my understanding was that "object reuse" applied to
> reusable read/write storage like disks & memory -- if user A frees a
> page, and the system recycles it and gives it to user B, user B better
> not find any of user A's data in the page.
>
> the "removable stuff" in a typical scanner is not writable by the
> scanner. ("all in one" devices with both scanner and printer typically
> have separate paper paths for print vs. scan).
Not only separate paper paths but they often appear as separate USB
devices (using usb_mid(7D) on Solaris, and usbprn(7D) for the printer part).
I wonder how we do "object reuse" scrubbing for a webcam ? Ask the user
to put a cloth over the camera ;-)
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Darren J Moffat
