From: Frédéric L . W . Meunier <0@pervalidus.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: USB mass storage backport status?
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:03:11 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001213030311.I1245@pervalidus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001213014154.H1245@pervalidus> <20001212200840.K23762@one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001212200840.K23762@one-eyed-alien.net>; from mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:08:40PM -0800
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:08:40PM -0800, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> Depending on the type of device you have and how you use it, it can either:
> (1) Work properly
> (2) Corrupt your data
> (3) Crash the driver
> (4) Crash your system
The reboot was about Iomega's Zip Drive under 2.2.18pre21:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/12/11/2355217&threshold=0&commentsort=1&mode=thread&cid=110
> It's allready labeled EXPERIMENTAL. Perhaps it should be labeled
> DANGEROUS, also, but how many labels can you put on things to warn people
> off?
Hmm, where? I don't see an (EXPERIMENTAL) in
Documentation/Configure.help:
USB Mass Storage support
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
Say Y here if you want to connect USB mass storage devices to your
computer's USB port.
This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module will be called usb-storage.o. If you want to compile it
as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
USB Mass Storage verbose debug
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG
Say Y here in order to have the USB Mass Storage code generate
verbose debugging messages.
Maybe it's only enabled when you set CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL? I don't know, because I enabled
it to just set CONFIG_FB.
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 01:41:54AM -0200, Frédéric L . W . Meunier wrote:
> > What's the real status of the mass storage backport to 2.2.18?
> > Some people report it can corrupt your data, another that it
> > rebooted his computer while doing a large trasnfer, and so on.
> >
> > If it's not good, shouldn't it be removed or labeled
> > DANGEROUS? BTW, where can I see a list of what's backported
> > and working without major problems?
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-12-13 3:41 USB mass storage backport status? Frédéric L . W . Meunier
2000-12-13 4:08 ` Matthew Dharm
2000-12-13 5:03 ` Frédéric L . W . Meunier [this message]
2000-12-13 5:50 ` Matthew Dharm
2000-12-13 14:42 ` Alan Cox
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