RE: USB cf reader problem unmounting

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 20:55, Ricky Boone wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 13:17, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 07:36, Polashek, Matthew wrote:
> > > Oh.. I see what you mean.  No nothing that I am aware of is accessing the cf
> > > card or it's subsequent directories at the time of this error though I
> > > haven't used the 'pwd' command.
> > 
> > It is always fam for me.  When ever I delete something from the card,
> > fam kicks in and I cannot unmount it without `killall fam` first.  I
> > finally turned off sgi-fam.
> 
> Hmm...  This may sound stupid, but what functionality is lost by
> disabling sgi-fam?  I'm having the same problem with my sdio card reader
> on my laptop (using direct mounting or autofs), and have to kill fam to
> get it to release the mount.  :(

I haven't noticed any functionality loss, and I am not sure which
programs actually use FAM.  My advice is to turn it off and try it.  You
can always enable it if you find you need it.

Forrest