From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265264AbTLZXaK (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:30:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265265AbTLZX2o (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:28:44 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:28424 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265264AbTLZX1a (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:27:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:38:55 +0100 To: Jos Hulzink Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish Message-ID: <20031226233855.GA476@hh.idb.hist.no> References: <200312232342.17532.josh@stack.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312232342.17532.josh@stack.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Helge Hafting Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:42:17PM +0100, Jos Hulzink wrote: > Hi, > > First of all... Compliments about 2.6.0. It is a superb kernel, with very few > serious bugs, and for me it runs stable like a rock from the very first > moment. > > As an end user, Linux doesn't give me a good feeling on one particular item > yet: Error handling. > > What do I mean ? Well... for example: Pull out your USB stick with a mounted > fs on it. You aren't supposed to do that. If you want to pull devices like that, with no warning, access them in other ways than mounting. mtools are nice when you don't want to mount/umount floppies - a similiar approach should work for usb sticks too. Helge Hafting