On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Xiaofan Chen wrote:

> On Feb 1, 2008 11:17 PM, Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, David Brownell wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday 31 January 2008, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > The interesting difference lay in what Windows did when the Get-Max-LUN
> > > > stalled.  It sent a Clear-Halt request to endpoint 0!
> > >
> > > Yes that *is* strange!  Considering that ep0 wasn't stalling ...
> >
> > No, ep0 did stall (at least, that's the way it looks from the SnoopyPro
> > trace and that's what happened under Linux).  This was in response to
> > the Bulk-only-transport class-specific Get-Max-LUN request.  Devices
> > are permitted not to support that request if they have only one LUN.
> 
> So I will think this is a "protocol stall" for endpoint 0. Am I right?

Yes.

> > Right now usb-storage responds to this stall by clearing the halt
> > feature from the bulk-in and bulk-out endpoints, not because the spec
> > says to do so but because one ancient device (a ZIP-100) requires it.
> > Now it looks as though we've found a device which can't handle it.
> > Time for another quirk?
> 
> If my previous assumption is correct, I will think the Windows driver behavior
> can be said to be a bit strange since normally you do not need to clear halt
> for protocol stall. I will think the Linux USB behavior is even stranger.
> I know quite some USB devices which do not handle clear halt feature
> request nicely.

Linux does it only because that one device needs it.

Alan Stern

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