Re: [PATCH] ar9170usb: add mode-switching for AVM Fritz!WLAN USB N devices in cdrom mode

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Am Mittwoch, 4. November 2009 17:16:18 schrieb Alan Stern:
> The only exception would be the case that Oliver is worried about,
> where a device loses its mode setting during a reset or system sleep.  
> In principle the kernel could put it back in the correct mode while
> keeping the device's identity intact (although the code to do this
> would be extremely ugly, and convincing people to allow it would be

Oh yes.

> hard).  Even then, I don't see how existing serial/phone connections
> could be maintained across a reset, so there might not be any point.

I am afraid this will spread beyond modems.
For now I'd like those devices which are affected by resets to get
a quirk that marks them as not resettable for purposes of error handling.
But I fear we may have to face this system in the future on a regular
basis.

	Regards
		Oliver

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