Because that is what the maintainer (Matt) says (he does have his reasons and they are good one, read the FAQ).
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, FERME Paul-henri wrote: > OK i will get a 2.4 distri and try that. > But why is usb-storage part of "official" 2.2.18 kernel source code from > ftp://ftp.kernel.org if it is not supported? > > > > Le Vendredi 08 F�vrier 2002 19:02, Matthew Dharm a �crit : > > > > usb-storage is unsupported under 2.2.x kernels. > > > > Matt > > > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:40:06AM +0000, FERME Paul-henri wrote: > > > hi > > > > > > I am trying to use a brand new USB Iomega 100M ZIP-drive on my linux box > > > I succeed in mouting and reading the drive but I am getting frequent R/W > > > errors and software freeze which prevent me from using it realibily. > > > > > > > > > Hardare is a DFI K6BV3+/66 board with on-board usb support enabled. > > > I am using a 2.2.17 kernel as compiled by Mandrake Soft in its standard > > > 7..1 distri. > > > Following modules are loaded successfully at startup (using depmod): > > > > > > usb-storage 11568 0 (unused) > > > uhci 18560 0 (unused) > > > usbcore 43632 0 [usb-storage uhci] > > > ../.. > > > > > > dmesg ouput during boot is as follows: > > > ../.. > > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > > > usb.c: registered new driver hub > > > uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe400, IRQ 10 > > > uhci.c: detected 2 ports > > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > > > hub.c: USB hub found > > > hub.c: 2 ports detected > > > usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage > > > USB Mass Storage support registered. > > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > > > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > > > scsi : 1 host. > > > Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 90.J > > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > > > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > > > sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 > > > sda : extended sense code = 2 > > > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. > > > sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > > > unable to read partition table > > > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > > > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > > > hub.c: already running port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... > > > usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 > > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > > > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > > > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > > > ../.. > > > > > > Humm obviously not 100p correct but these are warning only aren't they? > > > Also the drive produce a pleasant start-up sound obviously loading and > > > reading the disk. > > > > > > then I mount the drive with 'mount /mnt/zip' > > > Note :/etc/fstab: > > > ../.. > > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat nosuid,noauto,user,nodev,exec > 0 > > > 0 ../.. > > > > > > It seems to work OK with /var/log/messages saying: > > > ../.. > > > Feb 4 22:52:29 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 > > > bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB] > > > Feb 4 22:52:29 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off > > > Feb 4 22:52:32 localhost kernel: sda: sda4 > > > ../.. > > > > > > Looks good it is indeed a 100MB disk i am using > > > > > > But when I use the drive, i get frequent read errors and final freeze. > > > I can only trace that to a kernel error message: > > > > > > Feb 4 23:01:08 localhost kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > > > > > > After that I cannot access anymore /dev/sda4 and need to reboot. > > > > > > So far I did 3 things: > > > 0) Connect and check the USB port using a USB webcam: Works OK > > > 1) test the drive on a win2000 portable: works OK > > > 2) Compile and run kernel 2.2.18 with backport of latest USB drivers as > > > recommended on http://linux.nf/usbzip.html: Same problems R/W errors and > > > hangs-up. > > > > > > I am now running out of ideas on this. > > > Any suggestion from a helpfull reader? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > Paul-Henri FERME > > > > > > UNIX is user friendly, it's just selective about who its friends are ! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux-usb-usersOlists.sourceforge.net > > > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; name="Pi�ces > jointes : 1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- > > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. 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