linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] 2.6.20-rc6 SCSI error: I/O error

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:03:53 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@....de>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] 2.6.20-rc6 SCSI error: I/O error - trouble with mass storage devices ?!

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:12:54PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> Alan Stern wrote:
> 
> >The log revealed that the phone's firmware returns garbage values in the 
> >Residue field for some WRITEs.  This patch should take care of it.
> >
> >Alan Stern
> 
> Is it just me, or should some of these device quirk entries that keep 
> being added be made unconditional? Adding entries for every single 
> device that shows up with these problems seems like not a very scalable 
> approach. These devices obviously work in Windows, can't we just emulate 
> its behavior here?

If you can figure out a way to dynamically detect broken devices like
this, sure, that would be great.

thanks,

greg k-h
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