Alan Stern wrote: > On Tue, 31 May 2005, Phil Dibowitz wrote: > > >>Oh, I CC'd the list but didn't include all the previous emails. The >>summary (though it can probably be pieced together from the above, I >>figure I should state it) is that the latest version of the firmware for >>the PL-3507 fixes the CAPACITY bug and thus linux sees one too-few >>sectors because of the US_FL_FIX_CAPACITY flag that is required for >>older firmware revisions. >> >>The bcdDevice number does not change. >> >>Also, as you can see above, upgrading firmware isn't an option for everyone. > > > The idea of robbing people of one sector doesn't bother me much. The > standard partitioning schemes and filesystem layouts already rob people of > a lot more. > > What does bother me is preventing people from using the last sector of a > disk when they already have valid data stored there. Assuming the updated > PL-3507 chips don't get used in a context where the last disk sector could > be written (for example, under a non-Linux OS) then leaving the > FIX_CAPACITY flag won't hurt anybody.
What about people who use the device over firewire AND USB? They format it in firewire and put data there and then connect over USB and can't get it... As you said - I don't like the idea of robbing people of their data. -- Phil Dibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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