Re: [linux-usb-devel] 2.6.20-rc6 SCSI error: I/O error - trouble withmass storage devices ?!

[Robert Hancock]

Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:12:54PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> > Alan Stern wrote:
> >
> > > The log revealed that the phone's firmware returns garbage values in the 
> > > Residue field for some WRITEs.  This patch should take care of it.
> > >
> > > Alan Stern
> > Is it just me, or should some of these device quirk entries that keep 
> > being added be made unconditional? Adding entries for every single 
> > device that shows up with these problems seems like not a very scalable 
> > approach. These devices obviously work in Windows, can't we just emulate 
> > its behavior here?
>
> If you can figure out a way to dynamically detect broken devices like
> this, sure, that would be great.

For at least some of these quirks, would there be any harm in applying 
them to all devices?

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