From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 02:38:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9528F37B401 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:38:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E88F43FAF for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:38:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.199]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with ESMTP id <20030606093820.LOU11246.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.org>; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:38:20 +0100 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h569bc4o040938; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:37:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.fishballoon.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h569bbri002380; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:37:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:37:37 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: Doug White Message-ID: <20030606093737.GA957@tuatara.fishballoon.org> References: <20030605194549.GD7355@tuatara.fishballoon.org> <20030605211016.F90750@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030605211016.F90750@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: umass device support...how generic is it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:38:23 -0000 On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:12:18PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > The umass device driver grabs anything that claims to be a mass storage > device class. The only time things need to be reported is if they need > quirks due to unusual behavior. If it just works, say no more. :) ... > It could use some clarification. it was written when USB devices were rare > and generally confined to use on the new Apple product called the iMac. > :-) :-) I'll put together a patch to the docs this weekend then. Something along the lines of "all these devices should work, and here's what you need to do when you find one that doesn't". Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon