Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266546AbUF0Dat (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:30:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267243AbUF0Dat (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:30:49 -0400 Received: from multivac.one-eyed-alien.net ([64.169.228.101]:62666 "EHLO multivac.one-eyed-alien.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266546AbUF0Dao (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:30:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:30:34 -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: <20040627033034.GB10113@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> <20040626201225.GA2149@one-eyed-alien.net> <20040626190827.7c919940@lembas.zaitcev.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040626190827.7c919940@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: 1781 Lines: 57 --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:08:27PM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:12:25 -0700 > Matthew Dharm wrote: >=20 > > 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 >=20 > Yes, you would. Someone mentioned on usb-storage list that Windows suppor= ts > two things only without extra drivers: Transparent SCSI over Bulk, and UF= I. > IIRC, it was Pat. So, I thought maybe to tackle drivers/block/ufi.c later, > to share design concept and some libraries with ub. The rest stays with > usb-storage. But the real life always introduces corrections to plans, so > let's not get too far ahead. Do you have a plan for non "direct-access" devices? CD-ROMs are common, but tapes exist also. Matt --=20 Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.= net=20 Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver Ye gods! I have feet??! -- Dust Puppy User Friendly, 12/4/1997 --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA3j9aIjReC7bSPZARAgwvAKCxbytSXfTTUKbqssB2Jn8GYXJPlACeMK9H QukosUwVEYntYb5vzBh+ciU= =GEav -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb-- - 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/