Hi,
Alan Stern:
> It's not an ordering problem. And you're right that normally reading the
> file doesn't block -- or more precisely, it doesn't block for long.
> However the kernel does need to transfer the various strings from the
> device (the strings aren't cached in the kernel) and that will take up to
> a few milliseconds, or in your case, much much longer!
*sigh* that sounds about like what happens, and looking at
drivers/usb/core/devices.c confirms it.
What to do about this is another matter entirely.
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