On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:50:42AM -0800, Phil Dibowitz wrote:
> Sergey Vlasov wrote:
> >Hello!
> >
> >The ViPowER USB-IDE enclosure based on the SMCS chipset does not work
> >with 2.4.x kernels (tested with 2.4.26) when used with ATAPI devices
> >(like a DVD-RW drive).  However, it works with 2.4.x when used with an
> >IDE disk; it also works with 2.6.10 with IDE or ATAPI devices.
> 
> <massive deletia>
> 
> Why add a flag for limiting to 252? Couldn't some devices want 251?

In fact, I suspect that it just does not like odd numbers there.

> Wouldn't we want to instead either
> A) Backport the new (36-byte) INQUIRY command to 2.4

Most likely this would not be acceptable for 2.4 now...

>   OR
> 
> B) Make the flag support 36-byte INQUIRY
> 
> The logic behind B being that if it doesn't like 255, it should like 36 
> definitely.

What data do we lose in this case (this particular device was
returning 96 bytes in the INQUIRY result)?

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