On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 00:20, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Grissiom wrote: > > > Just out of curiousity, what sort of USB disk (vendor and product) are > > > your 10d6:1101 and 0781:5151 devices? > > > > > > > In my memory, 10d6:1101 stands for a ONDA 1GB mp3, Vx818 and > > 0781:5151 is a SanDisk 8GB USB key which I forgot the product > > name(it's not mine). > > Are you sure this warning appears when you use a SanDisk USB key? > That's most unexpected. > Yes I'm sure. The product is something like http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(2585)-SDCZ4-8192-A11-SanDisk_Cruzer_Micro_Skin_USB_Flash_Drive_8GB.aspx . I remembered dmesg shown the product name Cruzer. > > It's also strange for me that when I plug in a > > Kingston DataTraveler 2.0, the WARNING never shown. > > The warning doesn't show up unless the device has an odd number of > sectors. Most devices have an even number of sectors, so they never > trigger the warning. In principle I would expect _all_ USB flash > devices to have an even number of sectors; that's why I'm surprised > the SanDisk key doesn't. Hmm, I see. So maybe the SanDisk key is a fake one or just a hardware bug? ;( And, is there any possibilities that print just a message like "Your USB disk has an odd number of sectors." instead of a threatening call trace? I have no technique but I think it will be better. It's just my own opinion.;) -- Cheers, Grissiom -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
