The disk in question is VID/PID=0b86:5110 32mb JMTek/eXputer disk. http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1092 says it can never be supported through usb-storage because it claims to be usb storage compliant but is not. I accidentally plugged this beast not remembering what a royal PITA it is; here's the output from dmesg: USB Mass Storage support registered. sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h usb.c: deregistering driver usb-storage usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:0e.1-2 address 9 sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h hub.c: new USB device 00:0e.1-2, assigned address 10 usb.c: USB device 10 (vend/prod 0xb86/0x5110) is not claimed by any active driver. Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:0e.1-2 address 10 sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 999 hub.c: new USB device 00:0e.1-2, assigned address 11 scsi: device set offline - not ready or command retry failed after bus reset: host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 10 USB Mass Storage support registered. scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h sr0: mmc-3 profile: 0h usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1912 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 775 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1689 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 555 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1470 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 335 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1248 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 115 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1029 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1941 Unplug the device and try /sbin/rmmod usb-sotrage == panic ;( So I decided to find a way of blacklisting this disk (and maybe similar others). Please review the attached patch. If there's any other way of preventing usb-storage to take- over this disk, then tell me and despise my ignorance, Otherwise, Marcelo please apply ;) Ozkan Sezer