On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, David Daney wrote: > > This looks like it might be a problem with the usb-ohci driver, not with > > usb-storage. What happens if you rmmod usb-ohci while things are hung? > > > > Two problems with this approach for me: > > 1) USB drivers are compiled into the kernel. I can change that, but ... > > 2) I think I will get a module busy error and not be able to remove it > because the stuck program (cat) is using the USB. > > What do you think ?
1) This makes things difficult, clearly. 2) You're wrong about this. Likely there will be errors, but not a module-busy error. It's true that the cat program is using USB, but the reference count for the host controller driver is not affected. > I would beleive the usb-ohci driver / hardware is at fault. I am using > the stock driver from the 2.4.29 kernel. What happens if the driver > misses an interrupt? Should it eventually time out and reset or something? I don't know. You would have to ask the author/maintainer of that driver. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- 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-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
