Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:58:13 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: terry@lambert.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount -o async on a news servre Message-ID: <199701132058.NAA28205@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701130539.WAA23833@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 12, 97 10:39:26 pm
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> > <grumble....> > > > > Maybe it could if it were hooked to a PCMCIA card. 8-). > > If it were hooked to a PCMCIA card, the kernel would realize it *was* > ejected *AFTER* you physically removed the media which means it would be > tool late to update the dirty buffers. The only thing the PCIC > controllers buys you is the ability to see insertion/removal request > plus the ability to setup resource allocation a bit differently. It can also scream "Put the card back! Put the card back!". Then it can say "OK, *now* you can remove the card!". Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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