Re: USB storage no-boot regression (bisected)
[Posted April 29, 2009 by jake]
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| Alan Cox <alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io-AT-public.gmane.org> |
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| Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org> |
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| Re: USB storage no-boot regression (bisected) |
| Date: |
| Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:51:53 +0100 |
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| Mark Lord <lkml-gsilrlXbHYg-AT-public.gmane.org>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ-AT-public.gmane.org>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff-o2qLIJkoznsdnm+yROfE0A-AT-public.gmane.org>,
Linux USB kernel mailing list <linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA-AT-public.gmane.org>,
Alan Stern <stern-nwvwT67g6+6dFdvTe/nMLpVzexx5G7lz-AT-public.gmane.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA-AT-public.gmane.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0-AT-public.gmane.org> |
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> > Though it's an onboard USB SSD, not a pluggable stick.
>
> Wow, that's insane. Leave it to a hardware designer to use a bus that
> you never know if you have discovered all the devices to be the primary
> device to boot from.
Let me see:
- Standardised small component
- Low pin count and low wire count bus
- Cheap
In an embedded environment where you know the device is wired in at
software level that strikes me not as insane but very sensible.
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