On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 07:54:11PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If we had a complete white/black list of devices with/without a unique id, > > there would be no ambiguity. > > You mean for the devices on the white list. > But most devices will not be on the white list.
I mean if it is not on the white list, treat it as black listed or ask for user/admin input, so we safely handle the id. > Our perceptions differ, I think. My impression is that chaos > is the norm, and well-behaved devices are the exception. For usb storage, cd's, and cheap storage yes, chaos. > As you say - we can make a best effort and get a string that > with some luck identifies the device uniquely. But no guarantees > given. Yep. > Maybe that again means that the S/Z distinction can be dropped. We still want to tell page 0x83 (starts with a number) from page 0x80 (currently starts with S) from default values (currently starts with Z). Dropping the Z in favour of an empty string would be good. -- Patrick Mansfield ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
