Hi Rich,
My reasoning is that devices which need one of these entries are
broken. Only someone who knows more that I about usb-storage should
advocate adding an entry.
regards,
Stephen.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think I might be able to guess why you feel this way but could you expand on your
>opinion?
>
> I'm looking at it from an advanced-user/non-developer stand point, I have a piece of
>hardware I need to make work. I don't know enough to contribute to the code but I
>can figure out enough to make it work within the framework of what the developer's
>have built. I don't think the type of user who says, "How do I use usb?" really
>poses a problem since they probably have no idea what a kernel header file even is.
>However there are dangerous users like myself, who know just enough to reverse
>engineer well documented kernel code. ;)
>
> So are users like myself doing a service by sorting out previously unknown hardware
>and reporting the results or are we doing a disservice? I admit I don't know the
>planning framework in usb-storage, is there an attempt to be device agnostic or is
>the variability in products going to an ability to add new devices as they show up?
>
> I'm not trying to start any flame war here I really do want to know so that I don't
>unintentionally undermine the developers efforts.
>
> Rich
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I don't think we should be encouraging people to add the the unusual device list.
>
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I believe the faq and guide need a bit of expansion. I finally stumbled onto what
>has to be done regarding many usb-storage devices on the working devices list.
>Namely, you probably will have to add an entry to unusual_devs.h in the usb-storage
>module code, then recompile and reinstall the module. I had to do this for a USB HD
>I unwisely purchased without checking the list. The things that need to be included
>in the new entry are the vendor and device id's, the minor and major device revision
>numbers [I used 0x0001 and 0xffff - ie every possible one], give names for the driver
>to post, then you have to define protocols and flags - that's the hard part since if
>you know as little as I do, you have to just empirically figure them out. Look for
>examples on the working devices list by searching for working usb-storage devices.
>The protocol options are in usb.c, the flag options are in usb.h
> >
> CLIP
> >
>
>
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