From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: stern@rowland.harvard.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org,
       Rohan Hart <rohan.hart17@gmail.com>, Ryan May <rmay31@gmail.com>,
       akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
       stable-review@kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:43:46 +0000
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Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [25/29] USB: fix usbstorage for 2770:915d
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On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 16:10 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> 2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us =
know.
>=20
> ------------------
>=20
> From: Ryan May <rmay31@gmail.com>
>=20
> commit 10d2cdb6102669279bee2d9a00a22431b74583d5 upstream.
>=20
> Resolves kernel.org bug 14914.
>=20
> Remove entry for 2770:915d (usb digital camera with mass storage
> support) from unusual_devs.h. The fix triggered by the entry causes
> the file system on the camera to be completely inaccessible (no
> partition table, the device is not mountable).
>=20
> The patch works, but let me clarify a few things about it.  All the
> patch does is remove the entry for this device from the
> drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h, which is supposed to help with a
> problem with the device's reported size (I think).  I'm pretty sure it
> was originally added for a reason, so I'm not sure removing it won't
> cause other problems to reappear.  Also, I should note that this
> unusual_devs.h entry was present (and activating workarounds) in
> 2.6.29, but in that version everything works fine.  Starting with
> 2.6.30, things no longer work.
[...]

It doesn't sound like this bug or fix are sufficiently well understood
yet to be suitable for a stable update.  The bug report is currently
marked as invalid!

Ben.

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