Re: [usb-storage] [Merging ATA passthru] on integrating SMART/ATA-Security in usb-storage driver

thomas schorpp
2005-11-07T18:06:59Z

Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Patrick Mansfield wrote:
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> I don't think blacklisting is a good way to do this. In principle any USB
> mass storage device -- any SCSI device, in fact -- might have a
> vendor-specific pass-thru needing special handling.

no. that would be not industry best practice and uneconomical sw effort.
remember this devices are mainly "designed for windows" and WHQL certification
is expensive for every single driver. and ms has only one driver for all usb storage
right now, all boxes and sticks i had here use it.

> It doesn't have to be
> correlated with the vendor, the product, the SCSI level, the transport, or
> anything else.

yes. the sheet for design recommended cypress chips state all ATACB and ATA-Security.
i would be make no sense to implement different behaviuors in chips for the same purpose.

>
> Alan Stern
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tom schorpp