Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish

[Helge Hafting]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 10:03:17PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote:
> >
> >Sometimes Windows 2k or XP dump (BSOD), or maybe you just get an error. 
> >
> > 
> >
> Generally it just complains that you pulled out the device prematurely, 

Depends on what the device is used for, I guess.

> I've never seen one give a STOP error from that but I guess a bad driver 
> or USB controller could cause anything.
> 
Well, try having a partially loaded system dll on removable
media when you pull the plug - it won't be pretty.

> When you insert a device like a USB stick Windows puts a little icon 
> next to the clock in the system tray that you're supposed to use to stop 
> the device before pulling it, effectively it unmounts and stops (or 
> atleast releases the device from) the driver so the device can be 
> 'safely' removed. I also believe Windows mounts any removable device 
> synchronously so that if you do pull it out prematurely the damage done 
> is limited.

Linux has sync mounts too. :-)  the rest is a gui thing, i.e. not kernel.

Helge Hafting
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