On Wednesday 29 September 2004 7:30 am, Alan Stern wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, David Brownell wrote: > > > > do we violate a spec if we put a device > > > back in the state it was before power was lost? > > > > First, you'd have to say how you can establish that it's the > > same device ... and that the in-kernel state you want to > > associate with it is still valid. Serial numbers don't work, > > and there were several dozen other "don't work" cases. > > I presume that IDE devices fall into the "do work" category -- you can > establish that they are the same device by convention (the user shouldn't > exchange IDE drives while the system is suspended).
The cost of such rules for IDE is effectively zero ... someone would have to go out of their way (open case, apply screwdriver, re-cable, etc) to change an IDE drive. For USB, it's the reverse: it's normal, and expected, to switch USB cables around even on systems that are NOT suspended. - Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
