Re: 2.6.9 USB storage problems

[Bill Davidsen]

Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 23:19:13 +0100, Wolfgang Scheicher <worf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > > > And: could maybe somebody put some hints into the ub help?
> > > > "This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices such as flash
> > > > keys." didn't sound so bad to me...
> > >
> > > That should definately happen.  Along with a note that this blocks
> > > usb-storage from working with many devices if enabled.
> >
> > Yep. Absolutely.
>
>
> I don't like too much wordage. How about this:
>
> diff -urp -X dontdiff linux-2.6.10-rc1/drivers/block/Kconfig linux-2.6.10-rc1-ub/drivers/block/Kconfig
> --- linux-2.6.10-rc1/drivers/block/Kconfig	2004-10-28 09:46:38.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.10-rc1-ub/drivers/block/Kconfig	2004-11-01 16:09:13.727453544 -0800
> @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_UB
>  	  This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices
>  	  such as flash keys.
>  
> +	  Warning: Enabling this cripples the usb-storage driver.
> +
>  	  If unsure, say N.
>  
>  config BLK_DEV_RAM

I just got information on this in another thread, in case you didn't see 
my note there, is this behaviour a bug, design choice, or unavoidable 
hardware issue? I can turn it off now, but I'm supposed to be getting a 
flash key thing to test, which is why I turned it on in the first place.

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   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
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 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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