On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Phil Dibowitz wrote: > Mariusz Muszynski wrote: > > diff -urNp linux-2.4.31/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h > > linux-2.4.31-bzyk/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h > > --- linux-2.4.31/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h Wed Nov 17 12:54:21 > > 2004 > > +++ linux-2.4.31-bzyk/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h Wed Jun 1 > > 21:18:28 2005 > > @@ -255,6 +255,15 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0010, 0x0106, 0x > > US_SC_SCSI, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, > > US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_MODE_XLATE ), > > > > +/* Reported by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > + * This entry lets Sony DSC-V3 to work > > + */ > > +UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0010, 0x0500, 0x0500, > > + "Sony", > > + "DSC-V3", > > + US_SC_8070, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, > > + US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_MODE_XLATE ), > > + > > /* Reported by [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ > > UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x054c, 0x0025, 0x0100, 0x0100, > > "Sony", > > ::cringes at the idea of someone using 2.4 for a desktop machine:: Yeesh. > > Does 2.4 still accept such "new hardare usability fixes"? > > Alan - I've kinda thought of myself as the "unusual_devs in 2.6" guy, by > default since I never get this stuff - but I can do this as well, I > suppose. What's involved here - check it against a 2.4 tree and send it > onto... um... who maintains 2.4? Marcello?
2.4 USB is maintained by Pete Zaitcev. In general 2.4 isn't taking these kinds of changes any more, but they make an exception in this case since it's a backport of a well-tested patch from 2.6. > Wow, that seems SO long ago.... Actually a lot of people still use 2.4. There are many situations where stability and predictability are more important than performance and bleeding-edge features. Not to mention the costs in time and energy involved in upgrading. Or the RAM and disk requirements of the newer OS distributions as compared to the older ones. It was only within the last six months that I switched desktop machines and stopped using Linux 2.2... Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
