On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Phil Dibowitz wrote: > > What does bother me is preventing people from using the last sector of a > > disk when they already have valid data stored there. Assuming the updated > > PL-3507 chips don't get used in a context where the last disk sector could > > be written (for example, under a non-Linux OS) then leaving the > > FIX_CAPACITY flag won't hurt anybody. > > What about people who use the device over firewire AND USB? They format > it in firewire and put data there and then connect over USB and can't > get it... > > As you said - I don't like the idea of robbing people of their data.
I dunno... What did the firewire driver do with the old PL-3507? Ultimately we may want to remove the FIX_CAPACITY flag. Thanks to the design geniuses at Prolific we're caught in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
