Re: kern/23875 (TrekStor MusicStick requires umass quirks)

[Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/23875; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>
To: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/23875 (TrekStor MusicStick requires umass quirks)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:01:03 +0200

 On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 05:27:27AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > Well, we want the thing to work, right? Is there a reasonable alternative?
 
 There are two approaches:
 
 - Find a way to quickly recover from USB errors that actually works with
   such devices.
 
 - Find a way to detect devices that don't support a command without
   trying the command itself and that still survive the probe method.
 
 I don't know either.
 
 Greetings,
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                                 Michael van Elst
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