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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:53:53AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> After some Google-searching, I think I've figured out how to implement |
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> automounting under mdev. I'd like to put in as much sanity-checking |
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> into the script as possible. Right now I have 1 USB stick plugged in as |
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> /dev/sdb. Th hard drive is /dev/sda. The "removable" data is readable |
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> like so... |
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> |
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> cat /sys/block/sda/removable |
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> 0 |
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> cat /sys/block/sdb/removable |
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> 1 |
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> My question... is this API stable or deprecated? I.e. can I count on |
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> it being around for a while? I figure this question is a developer type |
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> question rather than ordinary user type. |
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Api is stable although last I dealt with that crap it was reliant on |
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chipsets/controllers not sucking and misreporting (mmc in particular |
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comes to mind, although perhaps the hardware sucks less these days). |
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Suggest you start studying udev source in addition since your |
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questions of that sort are likely to be answered there. Aka, most |
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likely wind up asking udev upstream (likely gregkh assuming he hasn't |
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killfile'd everyone from that thread). |
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Now the unfun part; this isn't really the right place to be asking. I |
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get you're doing this w/ a gentoo intent, but you're dancing that line |
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mightily fine. People asking "can I safely use nested context |
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managers in python2.6" even if it's orientated towards a potential |
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gentoo bit (say the ephemeral gentoo stats project), typically will be |
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told "dunno. Ask the people who wrote the damn thing". |
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Point there is that the ml shouldn't be used as tech help for the guts |
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of "I don't want udev and am trying to replace it with mdev"; |
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pkgcore nor paludis internal questions don't come here (format does |
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since this is the appropriate venue) under the same logic. Forums |
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come to mind, or appropriate upstreams as mentioned. |
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Barring that, use the source luke, and start reading the lkml. If |
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you're trying to do this, you'll likely need to track discussions |
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there. |
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Not trying to be a dick mind you, and perhaps others view othewise, |
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but this isn't the place for it nor do I suspect people care to see |
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more of this particular war play out on our ml. |
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~harring |