Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261842AbVADU7m (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:59:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261869AbVADU7N (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:59:13 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:28811 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261842AbVADU6g (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:58:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:55:13 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Diego Calleja , Willy Tarreau , davidsen@tmr.com, aebr@win.tue.nl, solt2@dns.toxicfilms.tv, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: starting with 2.7 Message-ID: <20050104205513.GU2708@holomorphy.com> References: <20050103011935.GQ29332@holomorphy.com> <20050103053304.GA7048@alpha.home.local> <20050103142412.490239b8.diegocg@teleline.es> <20050103134727.GA2980@stusta.de> <20050104125738.GC2708@holomorphy.com> <20050104150810.GD3097@stusta.de> <20050104153445.GH2708@holomorphy.com> <20050104165301.GF3097@stusta.de> <20050104195725.GQ2708@holomorphy.com> <20050104203444.GL3097@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050104203444.GL3097@stusta.de> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1168 Lines: 28 On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:34:44PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > <-- snip --> > config BLK_DEV_UB > tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver" > depends on USB > help > This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices > such as flash keys. > > If unsure, say N. > <-- snip --> > Call me naive, but at least for me it wouldn't have been obvious that > this option cripples the usb-storage driver. > The warning that this option cripples the usb-storage driver was added > after people who accidentially enabled this option ("it can't harm") > in 2.6.9 swamped the USB maintainers with bug reports about problems > with their storage devices. The "it can't harm" assumption was flawed. Minimal configs are best for a reason. Inappropriate options turned on can and always will be able to take down your box and/or render some devices inoperable. -- wli - 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/