On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Diego Zuccato wrote: > Alan Stern ha scritto: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Steve Kelem wrote: > > > >> I have a USB hard drive that I'm trying to use with Linux. > >> It does mount, but it takes 30 seconds! > [...] > > Possibly some error occurs, the system waits during a 30-second > > timeout, and then the disk is reset. > > What shows up in the output from dmesg after you mount the filesystem? > Happened to me, too, when using an 'old' kernel (2.6.19, maybe). > It seems that "big" reiser filesystems might take quite a long time to > be mounted, if umounted correctly (quite absurd, since a dirty > disconnect takes less time to be recovered...). > > Now I upgraded to a newer kernel (2.6.22-tmb-laptop-2mdv) and mount is > nearly immediate on same HW. > > Maybe some extra checks in reiser code that, while nearly undetectable > on internal drives, slowed down external ones? But I think it's not > USB-related.
This sounds reasonable. There wasn't anything in the usbmon data to indicate a problem. Try upgrading to a later kernel and see what happens. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
