Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:12:25 -0700 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: drivers/block/ub.c |
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On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 01:06:45PM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > Hi, guys, > > I have drafted up an implementation of a USB storage driver as I wish > it done (called "ub"). The main goal of the project is to produce a driver > which never oopses, and above all, never locks up the machine. To this > point I did all my debugging while running X11 and yapping on IRC. If this > goal requires to sacrifice performance, so be it. This is how ub differs > from the usb-storage. > > The current usb-storage works quite well on servers where netdump can > be brought to bear, but on desktop its debuggability leaves some room > for improvement. In all other respects, it is superior to ub. Since > characteristics of usb-storage and ub are different I expect them to > coexist potentially indefinitely (if ub finds any use at all).
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
Matt
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