On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Matthias Reichl wrote: > > > So, with the new code for automatically fixing the last sector bugs, > > > wouldn't it be better to just remove the US_FL_FIX_CAPACITY from > > > (most?) of the unusual_devs entries? > > > > What new code? Are you talking about the patch that automatically sets > > the CAPACITY_HEURISTICS flag for devices from Nikon, Nokia, and > > Motorola? I don't see why that would affect a Panasonic camera. > > > > Or maybe you're referring to the last-sector-hacks patch? That doesn't > > fix last-sector bugs either. It merely prevents them from putting the > > system into an endless read loop. > > I got the impression that you are currently working on a generic > fix to remove the need of the FIX_CAPACITY flag (for example your > "Suggested patch for testing last sector of USB devices" in > December). But maybe I missed something, then sorry for the > confusion. Oh, that. It has not yet been submitted, let alone accepted. So you shouldn't count on it as a means of solving last-sector bugs, not for some time to come. Alan Stern -- 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
