"Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > That way, we wouldn't have to care (almost) anywhere else in the > > kernel, and still provide notifications for higher levels. > > The daemon would iterate over all mounted devices (using next=3D > > 5Fdev()) > > and asks them if they had any media changes. Perhaps we can even > > have a more optimized internal API for that purpose. > It should not only iterate over mounted devices. All devices are of > interest. E.g. if you insert a CD, there should be a notification, so > that the Tracker can decide whether or not to mount it. Oh, yes, you are absolutely right, I forgot about those. It must iterate over all "raw" devices in /dev/disk and ask those for news... Adios... Axel.