On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:07:07PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 03:40:31AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:31:46PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:16:44AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > I've already seen people crippling their usb-storage driver with > > > > enabling BLK_DEV_UB - and I doubt the warning in the help text added > > > > after 2.6.9 will fix all such problems. > > > > > > > > Is there except for kernel size any good reason for using BLK_DEV_UB > > > > instead of USB_STORAGE? > > > > > > You don't want to use the scsi layer? You like the stability of it at > > > times? :) > > > > > > > If not, I'd suggest the patch below to let BLK_DEV_UB depend > > > > on EMBEDDED. > > > > > > No, it's good for non-embedded boxes too. > > > > > > My current understanding is: > > - BLK_DEV_UB supports a subset of what USB_STORAGE can support > > - for an average user, there's no reason to enable BLK_DEV_UB > > - if you really know what you are doing, there might be several reasons > > why you might want to use BLK_DEV_UB > > I have been running with just the code portion of this patch for a while > now, with good results (no Kconfig changes.) > > Pete and Matt, do you mind me applying the following portion of the > patch to the kernel tree? I have no objection. Matt -- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver E: You run this ship with Windows?! YOU IDIOT! L: Give me a break, it came bundled with the computer! -- ESR and Lan Solaris User Friendly, 12/8/1998
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