On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Phil Brunner wrote: > Just-released 2.6.7 still has a problem for my reader - I assume Matthew > Dharm's MODE SENSE patch was not included; it applies cleanly and fixes > the problem.
No it wasn't; it was submitted too late to get into 2.6.7. > >You were actually contending with three separate problems. The first > >problem was an INQUIRY command for more than 36 bytes; your device didn't > >like it and crashed. The BLIST_INQUIRY_36 patch (or removing the device > >entry from scsi_devinfo.c) fixes that up. > > > > > > > Removing the device lines from scsi_devinfo worked; nothing ever worked > totally with the BLIST_INQUIRY_36 patch; it may have helped some > problems (khubd did not lock up in all tests). It's not surprising that the BLIST_INQUIRY_36 patch alone doesn't make things work totally, since it only fixes the first of your three problems! > >The third problem was a MODE SENSE command for 4 bytes. Again, your > >device doesn't like that and it crashed your USB host controller. The > >latest patch you mentioned fixes that problem. > > > > > Yes, I assume that patch will be included in a later version. I assume it will appear in 2.6.8. > Now that I have some clues as to what's happening, I'll spend some time > trying to sort things out; hopefully, I can make a contribution. The only open question is why you sometimes get those "medium not present" errors. If you could figure out some way to make that happen reliably (or even fairly often), maybe we'd be able to test ways of fixing it. That would probably help a bunch of other people. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
