linux-kernel - Re: bad endpoint address, MOTU FastLane

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0905121140550.17241-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 11:44:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	"Todd T. Fries" <todd@...es.net>
cc:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	David Fries <david@...es.net>,
	David Griffith <dgriffi@...csubak.edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bad endpoint address, MOTU FastLane

On Tue, 12 May 2009, Todd T. Fries wrote:

> I'm actually the owner of said device, and have actually purchased
> something that is complaint.  However, not all owners of said device
> are as able or willing.
> 
> The point in my opinion is that it used to work and now after an upgrade
> (to support a pchdtv.com tuner) the MOTU doesn't, only the software has
> changed.  Thanks for giving me one more reason to avoid Linux.

The fact that it worked before was, as I said, a mere coincidence.  You 
don't seem to appreciate just how badly out-of-spec this device is.

> IMHO the principal of 'be generous in what you accept, strict in what you give..'
> for specs applies here..

That pinciple doesn't help much if what you're trying to accept is 
self-contradictory, as it is in this case.

> Worst case, quirk entry, eh?

If the quirk entry helps, feel free to use it.  And don't be surprised 
if future software upgrades cause similar problems.

Alan Stern

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