Thanks guys. I will give both your recommendations a shot.

On 11/12/07, Petar Bogdanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 06:20:39PM +0100, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> > Am Montag, 12. November 2007 schrieb Raymano Garibaldi:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm having problems with USB_PERSIST and suspending USB devices in the
> > > latest kernel 2.6.23.1-6.
> > >
> > > Particularly let's say I have a mounted read-only USB drive. If I
> suspend
> > > the computer and while suspended remove and reattach the USB drive,
> and
> > > then resume the computer, the device mount is lost and it has to be
> > > remounted. I would like the device to stay mounted while the computer
> is
> > > suspended even if it's detached and reattached while the computer is
> > > suspended. This was the way it behaved under kernel 2.6.21. Kernel
> 2.6.22
> > > didn't even have the USB_PERSIST option so I skipped it in FaunOS. And
> now,
> > > USB_PERSIST only works if you leave the device attached to the
> computer
> > > while the computer is suspended.
> > >
> > > Note that the key here is that the USB device is read-only and it
> can't be
> > > changed when it's detached from the suspended computer.
> > >
> > > I'm starting to think that I have to back port the USB kernel
> subsystem in
> > > 2.6.23 to 2.6.21 and I'm trying to avoid that if I can.
> > >
> > > Any help, hacks, patches, ideas are appreciated.
> > >
> > > Raymano
> > Hi
> >
> > you know that this option is marked experimental and that the kernel
> devs warn
> > about the usage and the possibilities it might not work.
> > probably that is the reason that it doesn't work.
> >
> > you could try an .24 rc2 kernel here if it's fixed in latest upstream:
> > http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2.6.24/
>
> Thanks, you just saved me some time. :)
>
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