Re: [PATCH] Add allow_restart usb_storage quirk

[Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Kyle McMartin wrote:

> This Seagate FreeAgent external USB disk I just purchased seems to need
> allow_restart enabled to spin back up; otherwise I just get a pile of
> read errors when I try to access it. Add a new unusual flag for devices
> needing scsi_device->allow_restart set, and add this Seagate drive to
> the unusual devs table.

There already is a patch in Greg's USB development tree turning on 
allow_restart unconditionally for all USB mass-storage devices:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/gregkh-03-usb/usb-storage-always-set-the-allow_restart-flag.patch

Alan Stern


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