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SubjectRe: Flames over -- Re: Which is simpler?
David Brownell wrote:
>
> Hardware is CORRECTLY reporting electrical disconnects,
> but Philip is wanting Linux to ignore those reports.
>
>

No, not ignore, just realize that an electrical disconnection does not
necessarily mean that the volume can no longer be accessed.

>
> No patch possible. Reading the other messages in that
> thread, Philip is advocating Linux ignore the USB spec.
> (Which is what _he_ appears to have been doing...)
>

Non sequitur. The USB spec does not say the kernel must force unmount
the drive.

> What he has to do is more than submit a patch. He first
> needs to lobby the USB-IF to change the USB spec, and
> get every peripheral vendor to stop shipping USB devices
> and instead switch over to "Philip-USB". Then get all
> the billions of USB peripherals to go into the recycle
> bin and be replaced with products conforming to his
> new variant. It all seems highly unlikely. ;)
>
>
> But yes, you're right ... if he's serious about
> changing all that stuff, he also needs stop being a
> member of the "never submitted a USB patch" club.
> Ideally, starting with small things.
>


You're moving off into left field.

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