On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 16:11:04 +0200 Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 15:06:33 +0200 > > Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Michal Suchánek wrote: > >>> it is completely reasonable to return ENOMEDIUM from kernel when > >>> the tray is open and let userspace decide if it wants to attempt > >>> to close the tray and how long it wants to wait for the tray to > >>> close (it may be blocked/broken). > >>> > >> But then, what is the purpose of /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/autoclose? > > > > It can be used as a hint in mount if closing the tray is desired or > > not. > > Such feature could be completely implemented in the user space, so > there is no reason to stay in the kernel in such a limited form. Then mount should probably get an option to attempt to close the tray or not. Closing the tray is not always desirable. Thanks Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
