On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:05:49AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2007, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:10:07PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > > Greg: > > > > > > You have applied most of the patches I sent, but not the "USB-persist" > > > ones. Any particular reason? > > > > The main reason is that I'm still on the road, and I really want to > > spend the time and test those patches, as I'm still not sure about the > > use of them. > > > > I'm scared because this is not an option that a distro can enable in > > their releases, and that bad things can happen to people's data if they > > are not careful. Also I feel that the number of legit users for such a > > thing is so small that I wonder if it is really worth it. > > Can you suggest a better way of packaging it to help support the distros? > I'm perfectly willing to change the way USB-persist gets enabled, to > insure that people don't turn it on unless they really mean to.
Is there any way to turn it on at run-time? That would be better for everyone involved so that the feature will always be present and no rebuilding of kernels is needed. > It's surprising to hear you bring up the small number of legit users! > You're on record as saying that the kernel includes code and drivers which > exist to support only one or two machines in the whole world. :-) Yes, as long as those drivers and code don't break other users :) This could cause data loss for users who do not fully realize it, and so, the distros will not enable the feature, so people who might want to really use it, will have a very hard time of it. Making it able to be switched on at run-time, should help with that problem. > I'll repackage it and resubmit just the infrastructure and quirks part, > leaving the rest for later. Thanks, that would be great. Note that I'm going to be away from an internet connection until some-time Monday, due to travel issues. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
