On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Duncan Sands wrote: > > I think I tracked down the source of all this pain. It is the USB > > Controller: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01). I > > searched SpeedTouch mailing list for this one and found a few messages > > from people having problems with this host controller (I must have been > > blind I did not discovered them earlier). One of them > > (http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03622.html) even > > says a line about 0xFF sequences. > > > > There seems to be a workaround in userspace driver by adding delay into > > read procedure though it affects the connection speed. Haven't tested it > > yet. > > > > So now the question stands: Is there any way to get this buggy host > > controller work under Linux? I suppose that easiest thing to do would be > > to buy a new USB card. But I don't like this solution much because > > Windows can harness the controller without problems. Does anyone knows > > what causes problems with this specific controller in Linux? > > Hi Andrej, that's an interesting link you found. Maybe Alan can comment on > this?
I was unaware of it. The PIIX3 is pretty old now -- I've got a computer purchased back in the 1990's and it has a PIIX4. Does the problem of lost interrupts still occur under 2.6.10-rc1? Are the interrupts getting lost in the controller hardware, on the system board, or in the operating system? Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
