Another data point: I've been mounting the device with the sync option. Another user suggests that mounting with sync obviates the need to control bandwidth with rsync. I believe this is why it didn't matter where I set bwlimit but it did for others (who had the device mounted async).
By the way, do you want me to communicate directly with you (Matthew), or also cc: usb-devel, and/or also usb-storage? --Adam On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 04:30:11PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote: > Have you done any testing to determine the maximum bwlimit setting which > works? > > Matt > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 01:15:36PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote: > > I got some advice from someone else experiencing this problem to use > > rsync --bwlimit, which actually works. > > > > If I set the bwlimit around 300 kbps for the transfer, I'm able to fill > > the device to capacity without hanging my system. > > > > Does this mean that the device isn't telling the usb system when it can't > > "take anymore"? Does this help narrow the problem to a usb vs. firmware > > problem? From what little I understand of this stuff, it seems like maybe > > when the device's buffer is full linux doesn't know to stop sending data. > > > > --Adam > > > > -- > Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver > > I say, what are all those naked people doing? > -- Big client to Stef > User Friendly, 12/14/1997
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