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Subject: Re: [patch] reduce IPI noise due to /dev/cdrom open/close
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 10:12 +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> 
> Guess the question is, is there a way we can detect when media has
> been
> inserted without doing open/close on the device constantly? 

they could just keep the device open.... at least until media is
inserted


also they should poll at most every 10 seconds; anything more frequent
is just braindead...