Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] usb-storage: Add quirk to defeat Kindle's automatic unload

From: Tomasz Torcz <tomek@pipebreaker.pl>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@gentoo.org>,
	hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp, Mike Tsai <miketsai@amazon.com>
Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] usb-storage: Add quirk to defeat Kindle's automatic unload
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:50:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFNalS7Sl/l+zywM@mother.pipebreaker.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210317190654.GA497856@rowland.harvard.edu>

Dnia Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 03:06:54PM -0400, Alan Stern napisał(a):
> Matthias reports that the Amazon Kindle automatically removes its
> emulated media if it doesn't receive another SCSI command within about
> one second after a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE.  It does so even when the host
> has sent a PREVENT MEDIUM REMOVAL command.  The reason for this
> behavior isn't clear, although it's not hard to make some guesses.

  Could Kindle be fixed not to required such workaround? Is there a way
to open a bug with Amazon?

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