Re: [PATCH 0/4] sbp2: improved handling of device quirks

[Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 02:50:06PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the following series of patches reworks and adds to sbp2's handling of
> buggy SBP-2 hardware:

All applied.

Thanks,
Jody

> 
> 
> [PATCH 1/4] sbp2: consolidate workarounds
> -----------------------------------------
> Basically a refactoring, eases the integration of further workarounds.
> This patch was posted on linux1394-devel before.
> 
> 
> [PATCH 2/4] sbp2: add read_capacity workaround for iPod
> -------------------------------------------------------
> There is a bug in newer iPod firmwares which causes IO errors as soon
> as an iPod is plugged in, making it inaccessible. Usb-storage, which
> has to deal with the same problem, already has the same workaround we
> are adding here. The issue has only recently become known to also
> affect FireWire iPods.
> 
> This patch of the series is actually the reason why I'm Cc'ing LKML
> and AKPM: It'd be nice to have this merged sooner than later since
> distribution kernels ship in configurations now which uncover this
> device bug (particularly when EFI partion support is enabled).
> 
> This patch was posted on linux1394-devel before but I updated it
> today to cover two more affected iPod models.
> Requires PATCH 1/4.
> 
> 
> [PATCH 3/4] sbp2: make TSB42AA9 workaround specific to Momobay CX-1
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Makes an existing blacklist entry more specific, although no actual
> harm was done when this workaround caught devices which did not
> really need it.
> 
> This patch was posted on linux1394-devel before.
> Requires PATCH 1/4.
> 
> 
> [PATCH 4/4] sbp2: add ability to override hardwired blacklist
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Some of the workarounds which are triggered by sbp2's built-in
> blacklist may be degrading or even disruptive if unintentionally
> applied to devices which don't require the workaround. As a quick
> countermeasure which does not require users to recompile the driver,
> a new flag for sbp2's respective module load parameter is provided
> which disables the blacklist lookup.
> 
> Note: There has no such problem occured in the past, however as we
> are adding more workarounds, such setbacks could become more likely.
> 
> This is a new patch.
> Requires PATCH 1/4, also needs PATCH 2/4 to apply without rejects.
> 
> -- 
> Stefan Richter
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