Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:30:34 -0700 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: drivers/block/ub.c |
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On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:08:27PM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:12:25 -0700 > Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote: > > > Would I be correct in the following assessments: > > (1) UB only supports direct-access type devices > > (2) UB only supports 'transparent scsi' devices > > (3) UB only supports 'bulk-only transport' devices > > Yes, you would. Someone mentioned on usb-storage list that Windows supports > two things only without extra drivers: Transparent SCSI over Bulk, and UFI. > IIRC, it was Pat. So, I thought maybe to tackle drivers/block/ufi.c later, > to share design concept and some libraries with ub. The rest stays with > usb-storage. But the real life always introduces corrections to plans, so > let's not get too far ahead.
Do you have a plan for non "direct-access" devices?
CD-ROMs are common, but tapes exist also.
Matt
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