On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 22:47:02 -0400 (EDT), Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I looked into it a bit more closely.  Here's the complete story.
> >[...]
> 
> What do you think about giving all iPods US_FL_NON_LOCKABLE flag?
> 
> I considered such a patch for bug 154955, but didn't push it for
> two reasons:
>  - An ulterior motive: adding an unusual_devs.h entry removes the
>    device from ub, and I wanted my own iPod to stay accessible to ub.
>    Then I'd be motivated to push that huge patch which adds an
>    extra argument to the UNUSUAL_DEV. It's a can of worms.
>  - Since Apple bumps product IDs, we have to chase them all the time.
> 
> Other than that, seems like a winner...

I don't know.  It doesn't solve the real problem, which is that the eject 
program doesn't send an Eject command immediately after unlocking the 
medium.  Fix that and then all the iPods should work with no trouble under 
both ub and usb-storage.

Alan Stern


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