Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish | From | Joshua Schmidlkofer <> | Date | Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:51:36 -0800 |
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On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 15:57, David B. Stevens wrote: > While I agree that the kernel should provide decent error handling and > reporting I still have to ask questions about what is reasonable. > > What does that other OS do when you pull a USB stick out? What do you > think the kernel should do? Why don't the applications operating on the > data take better care of handling error conditions? > > I don't have one here to try, but at some point the (ab)user needs to > take a bit of the heat for his or her action(s) or lack thereof. > > After all you could just reach in your case and rip out the IDE or SCSI > cables. Bet that leads to all kinds of stuff (tm). > > Cheers, > Dave > > > Helge Hafting wrote: > > >On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:42:17PM +0100, Jos Hulzink wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>First of all... Compliments about 2.6.0. It is a superb kernel, with very few > >>serious bugs, and for me it runs stable like a rock from the very first > >>moment. > >> > >>As an end user, Linux doesn't give me a good feeling on one particular item > >>yet: Error handling. > >> > >>What do I mean ? Well... for example: Pull out your USB stick with a mounted > >>fs on it. > >> > >> > > > >You aren't supposed to do that. If you want to pull devices like that, > >with no warning, access them in other ways than mounting. > >mtools are nice when you don't want to mount/umount floppies - a > >similiar approach should work for usb sticks too. > > > > > > > >Helge Hafting > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
Sometimes Windows 2k or XP dump (BSOD), or maybe you just get an error.
-- VB programmers ask why no one takes them seriously, it's somewhat akin to a McDonalds manager asking employees why they don't take their 'career' seriously.
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