Re: [PATCH] usb: storage: skip only when uas driver is loaded

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On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 03:57:04PM +0800, JC Kuo wrote:
> On 7/2/19 3:34 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > Footers like this are not allowed on public mailing lists, and forbid me
> > to respond to...
> > 
> 
> Hi Greg,
> I am truly sorry for that. I have just figured out how to tell mail server
> not to add the footer. Please allow me to query again.
> 
> Since blacklisting uas kernel module is not a good idea and could break UAS 
> capable storage functionality, although user-space should be blamed for the
> improper configuration, do we consider forbidding making uas driver as
> module? That means to make CONFIG_USB_UAS a bool option.

Step back and try to describe the real problem that you are having here.

Why is the kernel responsible for fixing a broken userspace
configuration?  What UAS devices are not working with Linux that could
cause someone to want to blacklist the uas driver and who is telling
them to do that?

Also see Oliver's response.

thanks,

greg k-h



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