linux-kernel - Re: USB serial regression 2.6.31.1 -> 2.6.31.2

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Date:	Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Josua Dietze <digidietze@...isberghof.de>,
	Ben Efros <ben@...doctor.com>,
	fangxiaozhi <huananhu@...wei.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hugh Blemings <hugh@...mings.org>
Subject: Re: USB serial regression 2.6.31.1 -> 2.6.31.2


> Further REQUEST SENSE commands therefore requested 96 bytes of data
> instead of the standard 18 bytes.  With LUN 0 this worked okay.  But 
> with LUN 1 it didn't; the device reported a failure of the REQUEST 
> SENSE.  This is what caused usb-storage to issue the device reset.
> 
> After the reset usb-storage continued to ask for 96 bytes of sense
> data, and LUN 1 continued to fail the commands.  Hence the repeated
> resets.

Maybe a better approach would be to go back to 18 bytes when it fails,
what do you think ?

Ben.


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