Re: [usb-storage] [PATCH] Another SanDisk USB stick with a cdrom scsi lun

Matthew Dharm <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:46:01 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.user
Organization One Eyed Alien Networks
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(Adding Ben Collins, who put another U3 patch into the system.)

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 08:40:25PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> David Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:55:09AM -0800, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> >=20
> >> This is overly complex, and doesn't really solve anything.  The fake=
=20
> >> CD-ROM
> >> is there.  Who knows what's on it?  If the desktop wants to ignore it,
> >> that's fine... but as a transport-oriented driver, usb-storage should
> >> cleanly transport the commands as much as possible.
> >=20
> > It is also possible to change the data that is on the fake CD-ROM, so t=
his
> > could conceivably be used for something from Linux as well.  I don't kn=
ow
> > if anyone has figured out how to change the CD-ROM image from Linux, bu=
t it
> > is certainly a possibility.
> >=20
>=20
> I understand, well then someone needs to file an RFE for this against hal=
 and=20
> we all need to help to get a list of ids of u3 deviced in hal.

We should also find out why there is another U3 patch in the kernel.  It
came in with a patch that referred to some Ubuntu bugs.  Ben, can you
clarify what bug that was, and what the original report was?

Matt

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