In message <Pine.NEB.4.58.0410100417300.23284@simak>, Magnus Eriksson writes:
>
>> > How could "working USB" not be an important goal for such a major
>> > version bump?
>
>> How does NetBSD 2.0 not have "working USB"? Works for me... you're
>> seriously overstating the issue.
>
>  Only because that's the impression it will make.  People will be
>plugging their cameras and MP3 players in and think that "USB is broken in
>this version".  Which is all I was meaning to say.  I guess I wasn't very
>clear about it.

I agree that this is a nuisance.  In fact, I've muttered about this for 
years.  This is not a new problem in 2.0; it's been a problem for quite 
some time.  Should it be fixed?  Of course!  Should it have been a 
priority for 2.0, instead of the things that were put in?  That's much 
less obvious, especially since there's a simple bypass (booting with 
the USB drive attached).

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb