Public bug reported: Hi,
I'm running a kubuntu raring on a sony vaio z series (svz1311c5e) and I also have the sony docking station. With the linux-kernel-3.5 I can have plug and play working with every devices of the docking station but upgrading to 3.8 the plug and play is still not working. If I connect the docking station before turning on the computer everithing works but if I disconnect and reconnect it again every device in the docking station doesn't work. The docking station is connected through light peak (thunderbolt). Using the kernel 3.5 I can unplug and plug in the docking and every devices will be refreshed, except the usb hub which is still not working. With the version 3.8 if I plug the docking station after the boot every device of the docking station doesn't work. Anyway everything works fine if I plug in the docking station before the boot. The plug and play of those devices doesn't work also with every vanilla kernel, so I think it's a patch introduced by ubuntu in the kernel version 3.5. In order to assure the support for every new vaio I suggest to include in your kernels also the last version of the module sony-laptop. This module is already included in main line but the version is outdated and several things don't work. I asked to the maintainer about that and he said that the module will be upgraded as soon as he can find the enough time to rewrite it in an acceptable way. Anyway the version provided by his git seems to be stable, or at least I had no problems with that. I suggest to include the last version of this module under the ubuntu kernel packages. You can find the last version here: http://git.kamineko.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux- sony-2.6.git;a=summary Thank you for your support ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159418 Title: plug and play with thunderbolt devices was working with 3.5 but is still not working with 3.8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1159418/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
