Hi David, 2.6.11-rc2 seems to have done the trick. Thanks for your help.
cheers, Robert Urban You wrote: > On Friday 21 January 2005 3:35 pm, Robert Urban wrote: > > > > Hello David, > > > > a *while* ago I complained about not achieving a high-speed (2.0) > > connection with an external USB 2.0 hard drive, and you asked for > > some info (see below). I apologize for the very long delay. > > I have finally managed to collect the info, and I'd be very > > grateful if you'd have a look. > > At this point it'd be most useful if you just tried 2.6.11-rc1, > which seems to have resolved this problem for most folk. > > - Dave > > > > I check the BIOS -- USB legacy support is disabled and always has been. > > > > The "dmesg" output for a good (2.6.5) and a bad (2.6.9) can be found at > > the following webpage: > > > > http://www.spielwiese.de/USB/ > > > > If something is missing, please let me know! I'll do my best to get > > the information for you. > > > > cheers, > > > > Robert Urban > > > > David Brownell wrote on 17-SEP-2004: > > > On Sunday 05 September 2004 8:18 pm, Robert Urban wrote: > > > > > > > > Since you're seeing catastrophic errors very early, a wiring > > > > > problem like that could explain everything... > > > > > > > > If they were reversed, I'm guessing low-speed devices (USB1.1) would not > > > > work, yes? But low-speed devices *do* work on all 6 ports (depending on > > > > what kernel is booted...). I'm pretty careful about connecting things. > > > > > > OK, so that's not it. Have you disabled the USB legacy support in your > > > BIOS? Some folks have had problems in that area; recent kernels may > > > have traded off one set of BIOS problems for another, with a patch > > > that went in sometime after 2.6.5. > > > > > > Again, since this happens so early that strongly suggests it's more in > > > chip/board/driver/... setup than anything else. Recently that seems to > > > translate best to "BIOS issues". > > > > > > In general it'd also help to see the CONFIG_USB_DEBUG output for > > > that driver initialization, including the register dumps. That'd come > > > from "dmesg" output, not /var/log/messages. Needed for both > > > a "works" case (2.6.5) and a "fails" case (2.6.current?); what'd be > > > interesting is any differences. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if you're familiar with MSI products, and I don't know if > > > > all > > > > their MBs are similar, but I've got 2 MBs of theirs, and they both came > > > > with a so-called "D-Bracket" which simply has 4 LEDs which show HW > > > > status. > > > > Also on the D-Bracket are two USB jacks connected to a 30-40cm cable > > > > which > > > > plugs into a jumper-block on the MB. I would be very surprised if MSI > > > > delivered bundled HW with their MB which was bad... > > > > > > I seem to recall they shipped some early Athlon dual-CPU boards > > > with southbridge USB that was "known broken", but that's a different > > > issue. They made up for it by bundling USB 2.0 cards from NEC, > > > and the problem went away for good with the MPX chipset. > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 > > > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on > > > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. > > > Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php > > > _______________________________________________ > > > linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
