On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 10:25:40PM +0100, Maldevian wrote:
> Can a bad configured kernel broke any usb (or any other type) devices ?
Yes, it's unlikely but possible. If it does happen, it's probably not
the kernel's fault. There are devices that are poorly designed,
report incorrect state/configuration information, cut corners on how
they implement the specifications, and/or assume that some legal
operations will never occur because the Windows driver never does
them.
For example, I seem to recall someone reporting a storage device where
its firmware (or some other data it needed in order to function) was
improperly kept inside the regular storage area, and it assumed the
system would never touch that block of storage. The Linux driver
didn't know anything about this, so it could end up overwriting this
important data while doing normal formatting and storage operations.
The kernel has a large blacklist of badly-made devices and workarounds
for them (drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h). Perhaps your device
needs to be added to the list.
-Dave Dodge
-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files
for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes
searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK!
http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click
_______________________________________________
[email protected]
To unsubscribe, use the last form field at:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
