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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:24:17 +0300
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Sagara Wijetunga <sagara@tomahawk.com.sg>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
Subject:   Re: SCSI device not created upon a CF card plug in
Message-ID:  <4A6880A1.3010003@icyb.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20090723141440.A69EF1CC0B@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20090723055317.GA72627@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20090723141440.A69EF1CC0B@ptavv.es.net>

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on 23/07/2009 17:14 Kevin Oberman said the following:
> If Linux detects media insertion instantly or Windows detects media
> insertion instantly (which I can confirm), there is some signal
> available, so looking at the Linux driver should provide a clue as to
> what to look for and that can be added to the FreeBSD umass driver. It
> would be a very desirable addition, but I am not volunteering as I
> currently don't use such devices. (And, no one would like the terrible
> code I would write, anyway.)

Just a note of caution: human "instant" is different from "computer instant".
If OS driver polls, say, every 0.2 seconds, you won't be able to tell the difference.

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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