[U-Boot] [PATCH] usb_storage: skip all unknown devices when probing

[Marek Vasut]

On Friday, November 07, 2014 at 10:28:18 AM, Soeren Moch wrote:
> On 11/06/14 21:41, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Thursday, November 06, 2014 at 01:51:51 PM, Soeren Moch wrote:
> >> Not only skip storage devices with DEV_TYPE_UNKNOWN, but also all
> >> devices which are unknown to u-boot (e.g., are not HARDDISK, TAPE,
> >> CDROM, OPDISK).
> >> 
> >> This especially avoids long timeouts when probing for external usb
> >> harddisks which provide "Enclosure Services".
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch at web.de>
> >> --
> >> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> >> Cc: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>
> >> ---
> >> 
> >>   common/usb_storage.c | 2 +-
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/common/usb_storage.c b/common/usb_storage.c
> >> index eb7706c..0ac7b48 100644
> >> --- a/common/usb_storage.c
> >> +++ b/common/usb_storage.c
> >> @@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ int usb_stor_get_info(struct usb_device *dev,
> >> struct us_data *ss, perq = usb_stor_buf[0];
> >> 
> >>   	modi = usb_stor_buf[1];
> >> 
> >> -	if ((perq & 0x1f) == 0x1f) {
> >> +	if ((perq & 0x1f) > DEV_TYPE_OPDISK) {
> > 
> > Why can't you just blacklist 0xd instead ? I mean, this patch would do a
> > bulk blacklisting of all the obscure devices with peripheral ID above
> > 0x7, but might still work with this layer (like 0xc ... the RAID
> > controller ; or 0xe ... the reduced block device).
> > 
> > Won't it make sense to just selectively blacklist the 0xd ?
> 
> If you think it makes more sense to blacklist 0xd only, that is fine with
> me. I will prepare a new patch for this.

Please also make sure to document why this change is in place. (because the
Enclosure Services cause trouble). A simple comment in the code would be nice.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut