Re: [PATCH] USB: gadget: mass storage: use proper device class indevice desc

From: Alan Stern
Date: Thu Jul 01 2010 - 10:09:56 EST


On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:

> Hello Alan,
>
> Each time I see the device descriptor of the File Storage Gadget
> I wonder if it shouldn't be set to the real value rather then leaving
> it as per interface.

It should not be changed.

> Is there a reason to leave it as per interface?

See Table 4.1 in the USB Mass Storage Bulk-Only Transport
specification and Table 3.1 in the CBI Transport specification.

> Will chenging it to
> the real value change anything?

You mean will it hurt anything? I don't know; I have never tried it.

> I checked my pendrive and an IDE<->USB adapter they as well use a per
> interface class but maybe it'll be better to use proper call any way?

No. And it's not a proper call -- it's not even the proper descriptor
valu. So NAK on this patch.

Alan Stern

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