On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 01:06:10PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> >
> > (o) usbdevfs should cache the data so it doesn't need to access the device
>
> This is a workaround only for those device strings. I'd support
> a short term patch to cache those strings (it's embarrasing as
> it stands :-), but I think a fix to the real issue is necessary:
No, we shouldn't cache these strings! I fixed the problem of caching the
device strings almost a year ago for the reason that some devices like
to change the string data based on what is going on in it (error codes,
status info, etc.)
So the root cause of this problem should be fixed. There's nothing wrong
with the way the strings are handled today (besides all the USB traffic
that happens when you cat /proc/bus/usb/devices :)
thanks,
greg k-h
greg@(kroah|wirex).com
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