Re: DiskDevice API v2.1
Tyler Dauwalder <tyler-cyCl/[email protected]>
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On 2003-04-05 at 12:05:34 [-0800], Ingo Weinhold wrote: > > "Axel D=F6rfler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish-CFLBMwTPW48UNGrzBIF7/[email protected]> wrote: > > > BDiskSystem::SupportsMoving() would return whether moving for the > > > partition is supported, regardless of whether it uses absolute or > > > relative addressing. The negotiation of the algorithm to be used > > > would > > > be left to the disk=3D3D5Fdevice=3D3D5Fmanager and the partition > > > module > > > /FS > > > add-on > > > in question. I don't think the userland needs to know about the > > > internals. > > > > Dunno - if the disk had to be unmounted to be able to proceed, the > > userland app would probably want to know about it (and tell the > > user). > > I would rather add a parameter `bool *requiresUnmounting' to > Supports{Moving,Resizing}(). Although, that parameter doesn't make > much > sense for partitioning systems. But I think, I could live with that. Okay, sounds good. -Tyler