removing external usb hdd without unmounting causes reboot?

[Dennis Melentyev]

Hi Oliver!

2007/7/30, Oliver Fromme <olli at lurza.secnetix.de>:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
>  > Dennis Melentyev wrote:
>  > > Is there any correct way to initiate funding to rewrite VM/VFS related
>  > > parts (getting non-panicable removable devices)? Who should one
>  > > contact for this?
>  >
>  > I would suggest that the first step is finding someone (or a few
>  > people) with the necessary skills who is/are willing to work on the
>  > problem.  Offering funding may increase the potential pool but will
>  > not automatically solve the skills/knowledge issue.
>
> By the way, the problem apparently has been solved in
> DragonFly BSD (i.e. DF BSD does not panic when a mounted
> FS is physically removed).  Maybe it is worth to have a
> look at what they did to fix it, and possibly port it
> over to FreeBSD.  On the other hand, the internal data
> structures of the VM subsystem have diverged quite a lot
> from FreeBSD, so I don't know if it would really help.
>
> (No, I'm not volunteering; lack of time and interest.)

That was I asking same question in DragonflyBSD list :)
But yes, VFS and VM in FBSD and DFBSD are way too differ since 4.1 times.
It is not an option, sadly.

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Dennis Melentyev