Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/md md.c Message-ID: <XFMail.010827071413.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010827133317.4CFF83E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On 27-Aug-01 Dima Dorfman wrote: > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> sobomax 2001/08/27 06:25:48 PDT >> >> Modified files: >> sys/dev/md md.c >> Log: >> - On module unload try to detach all configured disks and let unload >> proceed >> if all disks were detached sucessfully; > > I'm not sure this is wise. More likely than not, trying to unload md > while there are still disks attached is a mistake on the user's part, > especially considering that most people aren't going to be loading and > unloading it on a regular basis. I understand why this may be useful > for a developer working on md, but it seems counter-intuitive from a > regular user's perspective. Yeah, I'd rather get an error (You're still using this stupid! *bonk*) like EBUSY or some such rather than have it do magical things for me behind my back. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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