Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] let BLK_DEV_UB depend onEMBEDDED

From: Phil Dibowitz
Date: Mon Dec 20 2004 - 03:11:37 EST


Pete Zaitcev wrote:
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:20:55 -0800, Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I can tell you that this has turned into the single largest source of bug
reports/complaints about usb-storage. Something has to be done. I just
don't know what.


Is it that bad, really? Honestly, I could not imagine users can be so dumb.
The option defaults to off. There is a warning in the Kconfig. And yet they
first enable it and then complain about it. I don't know what to do about
it, either.

I was told this was enabled in the mandrake 2.6.9 kernel. I haven't confirmed that.

Yes, users are very stupid. Ever worked in tech support?

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