Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Joerg Schilling]

"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:32:28PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > Chapter and verse, please?  
> > >
> > > Can you please list the POSIX standard, section, and line number which
> > > states that a particular device must always have the same st_rdev
> > > across reboots, and hot plugs/unplugs?
> > 
> > A particular file on the system must not change st_dev while the system
> > is running.
> > 
> > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/stat.h.html
>
> 1)  File != device.

I am sorry, but it turns out that you did not understand the problem.

Try to inform yourself about the relevence (and content) of st_dev before
replying again.

Jörg

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