Re: came makes bus angry

[Clemens L. <cl...@la...>]

Stefan Richter wrote:
> On Jul 29 Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Stefan, might it be a good idea to allow all old IRMs that look like
> > such a camera, i.e., if they are a S100 device?
> 
> Good idea.¹  But then we need to address the bug with Sony's bogus IRM in
> a different way.
> http://git.kernel.org/linus/10389536742cefbedecb67a5b2906f155cf3a1c3
> E.g. do not act as BM if we are not IRM too.  I think I have seen another
> OS doing exactly this.

There are IRM-capable S400 devices that are not BM capable, so I think
a S100 check would be appropriate here, too.

In other words, (only) if the IRM is S100, leave it completely alone.

(I guess there might be some cameras with working firmware, but are
there any other S100-only A/V devices?)


Regards,
Clemens