On Sat, 31 May 2003, Piero wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Greg KH > > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:50 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Linux-usb-users] Is there a USB Mass Storage > > problems FAQ or HOWTO > > > > > > - Programmers primarily like to write code. Since they are > > doing this > > because they want to, the fact that they don't write any > > pretty user > > documentation is no problem at all. If others view this as a > > problem, it is their problem, not the original > > developer's problem. > > > > I agree here... Developer write code, there is a lot of work to do here, > so who is able to write useful lines of code must write code and not > docs! (I'm a programmer, and I know that a programmer is not usually > able to write anything understandable as documentation) > > > Now I get a _lot_ of user email about usb stuff on Linux. > The problem that FAQ means frequently asked questions... So if that > question are asked REALLY frequently... > FAQ are done to help people to solve common and frequent problem. Forum > must be for rarely seen problems. > > > Those emails > > usually fall into the following categories: > > - "I plugged my device in, now how do I use it?" This is a general > > Linux question, as the same thing could be said for any kind of > > device. The Linux USB Guide helps out just fine here for pointing > > people which device node to connect to, and they are off and > > running. > > - "My USB device isn't assigned an address". This is a ACPI/PCI > > interrupt routing issue that isn't the USB project's problem. I > > point them at the "noapic" command line argument, and the ACPI > > project, nothing much we can do there. > > It is an USB related problem. So a line in FAQ will not be so bad....
It is in there, have a look... > > - "My new wizzy USB device isn't supported by Linux." This is the > > hardest, as Linux doesn't support a lot of different USB devices, > > because we don't have the specs for the devices. This > > includes the > > wide range of usb-storage devices that decide to ignore the specs > > and do their own thing... > > > > Nothing to say here... The only reply to this could be "wait and hope" > > > So, in summary, the current Linux USB Guide works for the > > first question > > (which is the majority of my email.) The second question isn't a USB > > problem at all, and the third can't really be fixed by any changes to > > the USB Guide, right? > > > > So if you think there is some more documentation that needs to be > > written, by all means, write away. Personally I don't see > > much need for > > any more, and I am one of the main people helping Linux USB users out > > every day for the past few years. > > I suggest a line in the faq that mention the command as lspci -v and > similar to include in a forum question. Too much people forget this, and > first reply will alway be" what kernel? Lspci -v output?" etc. > > I will suggest also some lines about VIA chipset. This seems a common > problem, with bulk transfers error, so it should be mentioned (I'm > currently working on it, and I'll post something if I succeed) Try readin the FAQ, that's there too. > > Oh, as for the programming documentation, check out the 2.5 > > kernel docs, > > by running 'make psdocs'. It's quite good these days, thanks to the > > effort of David Brownell. Also, any discrepancies noticed in > > Documentation/usb/* would be nice to know, as they should be > > fixed up if > > there are any. > > > > Thanks again Brad for that Guide, it's a life saver for me. > > > > greg k-h > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay > Get office equipment for less on eBay! > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
