Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:08:40 -0800 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: USB mass storage backport status? |
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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
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?
Matt Dharm
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? > > -- > 0@pervalidus.{net,{dyndns.}org} TelFax: 55-21-717-2399 (Niterói-RJ BR) > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver
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