linux-kernel - Re: [patch] floppy: suspend/resume fix

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Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:46:55 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] floppy: suspend/resume fix


* Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> > I wasn't talking about in-flight IO.  Take a moment to think about 
> > it.
> > 
> > - You have a floppy inserted and mounted.
> 
> Notice that Ingo is not talking about floppy being mounted.

yeah. I was thinking in terms of "mdir a:".

if a floppy is mounted then i agree that suspending is probably a bit 
too much to expect from the kernel - but this particular bug affects 
normal mtool use (which you can think of to be equivalent to mounting, 
using and then umounting the floppy).

	Ingo
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