Re: GEOM weirdness with SD flash reader?

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:55:57 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <46880F1C.3020602_at_root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org> writes:
: Yes, you're exactly right.  However, shouldn't a read from a device
: trigger a re-taste if the media is removable?

I don't think it does.  The driver is expected to poll, however...

: So the fdisk of da2
: should have caused it to re-read the MBR and create /dev/da2s1.  I think
: maybe there should be a flag set for devices with removable media that
: causes the device to be re-tasted on every mount request.

Is there even a removable flag to disks?

: Other ideas how to fix this?

Unsure.

Warner
Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 01:56:29 UTC

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