Re: Experimental patches for linux usability

[Mark Finlay <sisob-lists tuxfamily org>]

> 1) usb auto-mount/umount - base on linux hot-plug
> 
> The rough result (on my machine) is that when you plug a usb
> drive (or cdrom), it'll be auto-mounted, its icon instantly appear
> on GNOME desktop. When you unplug it, it'll be auto-umounted
> and its icon disappear.
> 
> A lot of work NEED to be done on the kernel side because
> you have to be able to force-umount it in case any file is still open.
> I remember force-umount implement only for NFS? maybe I'm wrong.

You mean more than umount -f ? I've used that before on usb mounted
drives and it seems to work.

As I side note, I really want to see this working ... :)

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