Hi Khimenko.
>>> You should not be able to pull medium while it in use. This is
>>> true for CD-ROM, ZIP, MO and so on. This is not true only for
>>> "normal" floppies. Let them die.
>> That is becoming less true. The kernel has support for USB,
>> firewire and PCMCIA. Even so pulling the medium, or even device,
>> isn't much different from a headcrash on a harddisk. The
>> filesystem can no longer be accessed. I happen to think the
>> kernel should survive a device's death unless it holds /.
> Kernel WILL survive. Just filesystem on said device/floppy
> will be trashed if you'll not unmount it first. No problem to me:
> "you are asked for this"...
So if kmod is loading a module from a USB hard drive when I unplug it,
the kernel is guaranteed to survive? That's good to know.
Best wishes from Riley.
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