Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:03:11 -0200 | From | Frédéric L . W . Meunier <> | Subject | Re: USB mass storage backport status? |
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:08:40PM -0800, Matthew Dharm wrote: > Depending on the type of device you have and how you use it, it can either: > (1) Work properly > (2) Corrupt your data > (3) Crash the driver > (4) Crash your system
The reboot was about Iomega's Zip Drive under 2.2.18pre21:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/12/11/2355217&threshold=0&commentsort=1&mode=thread&cid=110
> It's allready labeled EXPERIMENTAL. Perhaps it should be labeled > DANGEROUS, also, but how many labels can you put on things to warn people > off?
Hmm, where? I don't see an (EXPERIMENTAL) in Documentation/Configure.help:
USB Mass Storage support CONFIG_USB_STORAGE Say Y here if you want to connect USB mass storage devices to your computer's USB port.
This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called usb-storage.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
USB Mass Storage verbose debug CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG Say Y here in order to have the USB Mass Storage code generate verbose debugging messages.
Maybe it's only enabled when you set CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL? I don't know, because I enabled it to just set CONFIG_FB.
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 01:41:54AM -0200, Frédéric L . W . Meunier wrote: > > What's the real status of the mass storage backport to 2.2.18? > > Some people report it can corrupt your data, another that it > > rebooted his computer while doing a large trasnfer, and so on. > > > > If it's not good, shouldn't it be removed or labeled > > DANGEROUS? BTW, where can I see a list of what's backported > > and working without major problems?
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