Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:29:39 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys bus.h bus_private.h src/sys/kern subr_bus.c Message-ID: <7421.962645379@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 2000 18:01:09 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007031751380.21424-100000@localhost>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007031751380.21424-100000@localhost>, Nick Hibma wri tes: >> In other words, devices which are removed need to be accounted for as >> ``still attached but not physically present'' rather than simply >> ``gone''. > >Could you give an example of when this would be good behaviour, because >I can only see big problems when trying to implement this. > > >In general when you willfully remove a device you want it to act like it >has disappeared. ... unless you are replacing faulty hardware with working hardware. Hot-Plug is a *real* hot item in serious operational environments. (There are smarter ways, but they don't seem to know that :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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