Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266425AbUFZUNh (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:13:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266427AbUFZUMv (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:12:51 -0400 Received: from multivac.one-eyed-alien.net ([64.169.228.101]:57025 "EHLO multivac.one-eyed-alien.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266425AbUFZUMi (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:12:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:12:25 -0700 From: Matthew Dharm To: Pete Zaitcev Cc: greg@kroah.com, arjanv@redhat.com, jgarzik@redhat.com, tburke@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, USB Storage List , stern@rowland.harvard.edu, david-b@pacbell.net, oliver@neukum.org Subject: Re: drivers/block/ub.c Message-ID: <20040626201225.GA2149@one-eyed-alien.net> Mail-Followup-To: Pete Zaitcev , greg@kroah.com, arjanv@redhat.com, jgarzik@redhat.com, tburke@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, USB Storage List , stern@rowland.harvard.edu, david-b@pacbell.net, oliver@neukum.org References: <20040626130645.55be13ce@lembas.zaitcev.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040626130645.55be13ce@lembas.zaitcev.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: One Eyed Alien Networks X-Copyright: (C) 2004 Matthew Dharm, all rights reserved. X-Message-Flag: Get a real e-mail client. http://www.mutt.org/ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1913 Lines: 56 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 01:06:45PM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > Hi, guys, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --=20 Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.= net=20 Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver It was a new hope. -- Dust Puppy User Friendly, 12/25/1998 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA3dipIjReC7bSPZARAupfAJ4n6L2E7UN6jqv9121r+2F0sUMMOwCdG3lc n42O1dnSyJHxA1wvED48taY= =Z/AR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/