On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Well, you are then saying that usb-storage has priority over any other > > function and that is often wrong IMHO. There are many newer composite > > devices where the usb-storage function is thrown in as a bonus most > > users never will touch, where the main function can be modem or printer > > or whatever. Letting the usb-storage driver reset these devices is bad. > > > > Ref for example http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/60055 > > User space can set the quirk. It wasn't intended for this, but it does the > job. Furthermore on such devices, storage could be a bot more cooperative > and try the class specific reset first.
The class-specific reset almost never works. Windows doesn't use it, so manufacturers don't implement it correctly. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
