On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Salvador Eduardo Tropea wrote: > Now, I tried unplugging the device while executing a NONBLOCKing > program. I didn't get any I/O error. It means I was wrong about the > difference between unplugging the device and the effect of a recovery > like the one I mentioned previously. You are right, but IMHO that's odd, > the device should also inform I/O error when reading using a NONBLOCKing > file handler. Currently a program must use blocking reads in order to > get notified about the problem. It looks bad and lacks consistency. What > do you think?
I don't know. Other people have debated this issue in the past, but I can't remember what the final decision was or the reasons for it. Alan Stern - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
