On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 07:29:20PM +0100, Josua Dietze wrote: > Frank Schaefer schrieb: > > >I really think the mode-switching should be done in the kernel and not > >in user-space for reasons of usability. > > What is wrong with an udev rule entry? By the way, did the "eject" > command line tool work as well? And I think it should be done in userspace for issues of maintainability and useability. It is much easier for users to upgrade their udev then their kernel. > >Another benfit is that it binds the mode-switching to the driver. If the > >driver is blacklisted/not used, there will be no mode-switching. > > > But how would you access the storage part of the device then? And doing the switch in userspace would solve this problem also. Finally, if we do this in userspace, device vendors might actually get a clue and start providing a small linux app or script to do the mode switch on their virtual storage device, just like they do for windows. Matt -- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver C: They kicked your ass, didn't they? S: They were cheating! -- The Chief and Stef User Friendly, 11/19/1997
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