A couple of months ago you applied a patch from Torsten Scherer to create
a new unusual_devs.h entry.  In further discussions with him I learned
that the entry wasn't needed to access the device; the only reason for it
was as a workaround for some old, buggy hotplug program on his system.

Now Evan Fletcher reports that the entry actively prevents him from using
his device.  For me that's the last straw, so here's a patch to remove the
entry.  Torsten should be okay if he simply upgrades his hotplug package
or removes the buggy program.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Evan Fletcher wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have a Bytecc 5.25" External Enclosure, model ME-320U2F, that has
> both USB 2.0 and Firewire connections
> (http://www.byteccusa.com/product/enclosure/ME-320.htm).  It used to
> work fine on earlier Linux 2.6 kernels, but stopped working a few
> revisions ago.
>
> I tracked the problem down to an entry in unusual_devs.h:
>
> /* <torsten.scherer@uni-bielefeld.de>: I don't know the name of the bridge
>  * manufacturer, but I've got an external USB drive by the Revoltec company
>  * that needs this. otherwise the drive is recognized as /dev/sda, but any
>  * access to it blocks indefinitely.
>  */
> UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x0402, 0x5621, 0x0103, 0x0103,
>                 "Revoltec",
>                 "USB/IDE Bridge (ATA/ATAPI)",
>                 US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_FIX_INQUIRY),

<...>
> So, is there some way that this entry can be modified so that my DVD+R
> works properly, and Mr. Scherer can still use his Revoltec external
> disk?
>
> Thank you,
> Evan Fletcher
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>