On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Ben Efros wrote: > I don't like the quirk idea, but it seems like the only appropriate > solution when the device has explicitly claimed to have more data than > 18. I'll prepare a patch in the next few days to make review and > discuss. I beat you to it. :-) Daniel, try out the patch below and let us know how it works. Alan Stern Index: usb-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ usb-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2645,6 +2645,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes of sense data); + b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18 + bytes of sense data); c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported device capacity by one sector); h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the Index: usb-2.6/include/linux/usb_usual.h =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/include/linux/usb_usual.h +++ usb-2.6/include/linux/usb_usual.h @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ US_FLAG(SANE_SENSE, 0x00008000) \ /* Sane Sense (> 18 bytes) */ \ US_FLAG(CAPACITY_OK, 0x00010000) \ - /* READ CAPACITY response is correct */ + /* READ CAPACITY response is correct */ \ + US_FLAG(BAD_SENSE, 0x00020000) \ + /* Bad Sense (never more than 18 bytes) */ #define US_FLAG(name, value) US_FL_##name = value , enum { US_DO_ALL_FLAGS }; Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c +++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c @@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ static void adjust_quirks(struct us_data case 'a': f |= US_FL_SANE_SENSE; break; + case 'b': + f |= US_FL_BAD_SENSE; + break; case 'c': f |= US_FL_FIX_CAPACITY; break; Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c +++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c @@ -666,10 +666,11 @@ void usb_stor_invoke_transport(struct sc * to wait for at least one CHECK_CONDITION to determine * SANE_SENSE support */ - if ((srb->cmnd[0] == ATA_16 || srb->cmnd[0] == ATA_12) && + if (unlikely((srb->cmnd[0] == ATA_16 || srb->cmnd[0] == ATA_12) && result == USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD && !(us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE) && - !(srb->cmnd[2] & 0x20)) { + !(us->fflags & US_FL_BAD_SENSE) && + !(srb->cmnd[2] & 0x20))) { US_DEBUGP("-- SAT supported, increasing auto-sense\n"); us->fflags |= US_FL_SANE_SENSE; } @@ -718,6 +719,13 @@ Retry_Sense: if (test_bit(US_FLIDX_TIMED_OUT, &us->dflags)) { US_DEBUGP("-- auto-sense aborted\n"); srb->result = DID_ABORT << 16; + + /* If SANE_SENSE caused this problem, disable it */ + if ((us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE) && + sense_size != US_SENSE_SIZE) { + us->fflags &= ~US_FL_SANE_SENSE; + us->fflags |= US_FL_BAD_SENSE; + } goto Handle_Errors; } @@ -731,6 +739,8 @@ Retry_Sense: sense_size != US_SENSE_SIZE) { US_DEBUGP("-- auto-sense failure, retry small sense\n"); sense_size = US_SENSE_SIZE; + us->fflags &= ~US_FL_SANE_SENSE; + us->fflags |= US_FL_BAD_SENSE; goto Retry_Sense; } @@ -754,6 +764,7 @@ Retry_Sense: */ if (srb->sense_buffer[7] > (US_SENSE_SIZE - 8) && !(us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE) && + !(us->fflags & US_FL_BAD_SENSE) && (srb->sense_buffer[0] & 0x7C) == 0x70) { US_DEBUGP("-- SANE_SENSE support enabled\n"); us->fflags |= US_FL_SANE_SENSE; Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h +++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h @@ -818,6 +818,13 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x066f, 0x8000, 0x0001, 0x0 US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_FIX_CAPACITY ), +/* Reported by Daniel Kuku <daniel.kuku@xxxxxxxxx> */ +UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x067b, 0x1063, 0x0100, 0x0100, + "Prolific Technology, Inc.", + "Prolific Storage Gadget", + US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, + US_FL_BAD_SENSE ), + /* Reported by Rogerio Brito <rbrito@xxxxxxxxxx> */ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x067b, 0x2317, 0x0001, 0x001, "Prolific Technology, Inc.", -- 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