Matthew Dharm wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:48:16AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Phil Dibowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Tangential question - you're making the decision for the user here, so
>>> more so than "Why does Pete want to drive his iPod with ub", why does
>>> this make sense for everyone who uses Linux?
>> Phil, I think you have misunderstood the point of this patch.  It doesn't 
>> make any decisions for the user.  Just the opposite.
>>
>> The way libusual currently works is that every entry in unusual_devs.h is
>> automatically directed to usb-storage, not to ub.  The patch adds a way to
>> specify that a particular entry should be directed according to the user's
>> preference, by coding such entries with the UNUSUAL_DEV2 macro instead of
>> UNUSUAL_DEV.
> 
> Why just certain entries?  Why not everything?
> 
> It seems inconsistent (and an invitation for a zillion little patches) to
> only apply this to a select few devices which Pete happens to have.

I agree - I have no objection to adding this extra arguement to all of
UNUSUAL_DEVs.

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