umass troubleshooting FAQ

[Bernd Walter]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 12:00:58PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>
> Subject: Re: umass troubleshooting FAQ
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:47:36 +0100
> 
> > On Sunday 13 January 2008, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > > I think it would be useful to mine the PR database for common umass
> > > problems that are solved by hints.  There's a bunch of 'my umass is
> > > broken' with no patch, but a few that have fixes that could be used.
> > > Or a few that can be looked up in the code that have been fixed.
> > >
> > > Any takers?
> > 
> > Should we have a separate bugathon on IRC/SIP/AIM/ICQ ... for USB ?
> 
> No.
> 
> This item isn't about fixing bugs at all.
> 
> This item is about telling people how to fix N well known problems
> with devices that need quirks.
> 
> Eg, if your new device sees a 'No Sync Supported' message, then do
> XYZ.
> 
> If you see stalls in with these messages, do ABC.
> 
> If you see a stall with those messages, do DEF.
> 
> While it might be useful to have a bug-a-thon, without having this
> sort of cheat sheet many of the bugs in gnats won't be resolvable.

When USB started the USB guys at least have had so called "plug fests".
Maybe it would be interesting to announce such meetings for FreeBSD on
regional basis where at least one person with enough knowledge about
FreeBSD USB code is present to get popular bugs fixed.
If there is interest I might consider hosting one in Moers/Germany
(Düsseldorf/Duisburg area) and likely be able to get this done in
Lübeck/Germany as well.

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