On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:43:35PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote: > Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > From: Bakul Shah <bakul_at_bitblocks.com> > > Subject: Re: HEADSUP new usb code coming in. > > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:18:13 -0700 > > > > > > > > Accidentally unplugging a mounted USB disk (without > > > unmounting it) resulted in a hang or a crash. Is this fixed? > > > > That's fixed in -current right now with the old stack. It isn't a usb > > issue at all, but a buffer cache issue. > > I can't confirm this for either msdosfs or geli (with ZFS). > > In case of msdosfs the situation has been vastly improved > and the panic seems to be no longer guaranteed, but there's > still a fair chance it'll happen eventually. > It was discussed now and then on freebsd-usb mailing list. Have a look at http://www.gulbra.net/freebsd-usb/ As for the non-msdosfs formatted media, I am quite sure it is a really bad idea to unplug media before unmounting it (there is actually no difference between "removable" and "stationary" drives). Just my 0.02$, Alexey.Received on Thu Aug 21 2008 - 08:02:19 UTC
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