The Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:17:05 -0500 (EST) Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > It's not clear from what you said; did any of the patches you > > > used include this one: > > > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=110797162426830&w=2 > > > > > No, I did the tests before this patch appeared on linux-usb-devel > > (I had watched about a month of archives to see if I could add > > another relevant patch, I might have missed it if it had already > > been posted before, though). > > I asked because it's possible the contents of that patch were > present in one of the ones you used, even though the patch itself > was just posted a couple of days ago. > I tried yesterday a 2.6.10 and a 2.6.11-rc3-bk7 with this patch (and ehci into the kernel), it didn't work either. But I didn't really expect it would work. > That won't work very well. When you load the EHCI driver, the root > device will become inaccessible. From that point on, pretty much > everything will fail. > Is there a Linux distribution that can run entirely from a ramdisk? > After second thought, I remembered the machine can netboot : thus I can do the tests as you ask. I had setup a netboot for another machine a while ago, I guess I can setup one for this machine, it should not be too hard. > You don't have to capture debug-level messages to a logfile. You > can instead use dmesg to retrieve them directly from the kernel's > log buffer. > [...] > I believe it. Try to concentrate on the part of the log > corresponding to when errors start to occur, if you can. > OK, thanks for the tips, I will do the tests with full debugging (shall I activate kernel debugging as well ?) and ehci as a module, for the 2.6.10 and the 2.6.11-rc3-bk this week-end, with some additional patches (which I'll describe more precisely when sending the debug logs). I think I will do the tests with and without the additional usb2 hub. Have a nice week-end, Samuel Colin ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
