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From: Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
Subject: Re: [usb-storage] Re: Handling erroneous READ CAPACITY response in sd.c
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 22:59:37 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 04:38:07PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:

> No.  I said that it _could_ be moved to a SCSI blist but would probably be
> better off remaining in unusual_devices.  What should be changed is the
> way we handle these devices.  Right now usb-storage alters the data sent
> by the device, before anyone else can see it.  My proposal is that
> usb-storage pass the data unchanged and sd_read_capacity() change the
> value it gets if the device is known to be bad.

OK - yes, I agree.

Andries