Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:07:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suboptimal handling of accidentally pulled usb devices (5.4) Message-ID: <20050412090627.S2178@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200504091700.j39H0csE000776@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> References: <200504091700.j39H0csE000776@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>
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On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> every so often, I forget to unmount my ipod (usb2) before pulling it
> from my PC. While this and the mess that ensues is clearly a user
> error, it would be nice if this exceptional situation would get handled
> a bit more gracefully by the OS. What happens now is that I cannot use
> the device anymore ("Resource unavailable") until I reboot. Trying to
> unmount the still mounted filesystem (no matter if the device is plugged
> back in or not) simply gives:
Please see the archives for a lenghty explanation of why this is not going
to be fixed in the near-term future.
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