>> Alan Stern wrote: >> > You will have to manually edit the file >> > drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c in your kernel source. Around about >> > line 320 in the file you may or may not see a line that says >> > >> > .max_sectors = 240, >> > >> > If it's there, try changing the 240 to 120. If it's not there, try >> > adding >> >> This works! >> I changed the value from 240 to 120. All other values between these >> two points don't work - why?
It also works for me! Finally... I was following the mailing list, applying all the suggestions to debug, so I recognized immediately the problem when reported by Kleiner Hampel. I didn't have the time to check whether this worked for me until today: I got 2.6.0-test10, checked that my ide-to-usb-2.0 external HD still didn't work, than changed max_sectors to 128, and finally everything worked as a breeze... (I copied 18 GB to it in a few minutes, and also managed to fill up /var, having USB debugging on... :) (BTW, max_sectors is set twice in scsiglue.c, on line 316 and 319; is this intended or is it a typo?) I can survive with this patch, but I'd really like to help and fix this problem once and for all - I guess it may be a rather common situation, given the number and variety of these drivers that are coming to the market. I was thinking of introducing a module parameter for max_sectors, at least to check what was the minimum value to work, but that's probably not very useful. Isn't there a way to probe for this value with the drive? Maybe when it is first connected? >> Many thanks for your good help A. Stern! >> >> regards, >> hampel >From me too... thank you SO much! Francesco Marchetti-Stasi. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
