Yep, I noticed some of that traffic when trying to diagnose the problem.
I'm running 2.6.18.3 which may well contain that buggy usb code. My reading
of the situation was that it applies to certain usb chipsets combined with
certain usb devices. This may be true as I've got a 2GB flash drive which
works fine as a usb 2.0 device though I do remember some funnies when I
connected an external usb2.0 hard disk drive recently. If it is a bug it is
certainly repeatable on my setup. If I was to contact someone about fixing
it who would you suggest?
f.
On 1/3/07, Justin Mason <jm at jmason.org> wrote:
>>> Josh Glover writes:
> > On 31/12/06, Frank Duignan <frank.duignan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The only caveat I have may perhaps be just unusual to
> > > the usb chipset I've got (so google implies). If you mount the
> beastie as a
> > > usb 2.0 device i.e. with the ehci-hcd module loaded it umounts itself
> after
> > > a short while - even in the middle of a write.
> >
> > I have seen this problem as well. In my case, it turned out to be a
> > cable that was just ever-so-slightly flakey. If you have a known good
> > cable (i.e. one that you have tested with other USB 2.0 devices), you
> > might try that.
> >
> > Of course, your situation may be different, but just in case.
>> It looks likely that there's a bug in recent kernels (or Ubuntu-built
> kernels, at least) in their support for USB hard drives (incl iPods):
>>http://taint.org/2006/12/13/191554a.html>> --j.
>
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