>Sure, but it's not clear to me that you have listened to me saying
>*why* it is abuse.
>Basically, in my opinion removable media should be handled by insert
>and removal detection, not by access detection. Obviously, there are
>some sticky issues with that in the case where media can be removed
>without notice (like PC floppies or other manual-eject devices), but
>overall I think that is the correct approach.
>
> -hpa
I managed to read several of your warnings about using autofs for media
without coming across an explanation of why. I just assumed that as
maintainer, you had good reasons to do so. I more-or-less agree with you
about the desirability of insert and removal detection. I'm not sure if it
could ever be made to work for floppies, but there is no reason why one
solution should fit all cases. If there were common ioctls which could check
the insertion and removal status of the various drives, I might have taken
that approach.
I wanted to get the same functionality as supermount without the instability,
and as far as I can tell, I have succeeded. It's not ideal, but it works for
me, and hopefully will work for others as well until something better is
produced.
Eugene
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