Bug#619381: linux-image-2.6.38-1-amd64: usb mass storage error causes kernel panic

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

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Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Excerpts from Ben Hutchings's message of Thu Mar 24 06:38:05 +0100 2011:
>> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 13:35 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:

>>> 1) Attach a SATA drive to a SATA/USB bridge.
>>> 2) dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdf bs=4k
>>> 3) detach the drive drom the bridge
>>
>> Not a very good idea...
>
> The SATA connectors aren't secured in any way so that's what happens in
> practice.

Thanks again for a pleasant report.  Closing optimistically.  As usual,
confirmation either way about the fix would be useful.

Regards,
Jonathan