So if you have that file now can you supply all the information requested
before?

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, dima wrote:

> Matthew Dharm wrote:
>
> >A great many laptops were made with USB ports well before the USB
> >specification was final (or really widely adopted).   Some of those laptops
> >are built correctly, but many of them are hopelessly broken -- their USB
> >hardware simply cannot implement the protocol properly.
> >
> >If your laptop is 'ancient', it may well fall into this category.
> >
> Well, I'm keen to test the stuff & figure out what's going on. You're
> one of the Linux USB driver developers, right? So, would you help me to
> make a patch for such kind of hardware or something? uhci (as well as
> usb-uhci) driver works ok with the virtual root hub (now I can provide
> /proc/bus/usb/devices output) identified as Intel Corp. PIIX4 AB/EB/MB
> USB, but I can't see my drive plugged -- the only device is the hub.
> I played with USB I/O range a bit. Here come the results I've got last
> night:
> port1 status (0x7000 + 16): 0x0080
> port2 status (0x7000 + 18): 0x0080
> This value isn't documented in .h files & it doesn't change on
> hub/global reset & other actions I've tried. What else can I do to
> figure out the difference after plugging the drive in?
>
> >
> >Matt
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 06:54:53PM +0400, dima wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Something is serious wrong with your system then. Do you have something
> >>>like "USB Legacy" turned o nin your BIOS? If so, turn that off.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I own an ancient MaxData Artist laptop. Its BIOS has very little options
> >>to change & none of them are about the USB (I've read that Plug'n'Play
> >>OS option may cause USB bugs under Linux on some laptops, so I checked
> >>it was turned off). I asked the question if it is ok when I use USB 2.0
> >>drive with USB 1.1 hub on another maillist & I was answered it is. It
> >>must be some buggy hub hardware (it reports it is PIIX4). That's why I'm
> >>looking for USB driver developers here to help me make a fix.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, dima wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>What drivers do you have loaded? What is in /proc/bus/usb/devices? What
> >>>>>does 'lspci -vvv' show for that device?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>modprobe usb
> >>>>modprobe [uhci,usb-uhci,usb-ohci]
> >>>>modprobe usb-storage
> >>>>
> >>>>/proc/bus/usb/devices doesn't contain anything but 1-line comment.
> >>>>I can provide the lspci output only tommorrow.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>What happens in your log files and /proc/bus/usb/devices when you plug in
> >>>>>your storage device?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, dima wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Sounds like you must have a hardware or pci problem. 'lspci -vvv' shows?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>USB virtual root hub seems to be ok (PCI:00:07:2). It works ok with a
> >>>>>>USB mouse also.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, dima wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>And there are no error messages in your log files?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>No. All the drivers are loaded correctly. The only thing which is
> >>>>>>>>disturbing me is that USB driver doesn't report any unclaimed devices at
> >>>>>>>>any stage (& only unclaimed devices are scanned as new drivers e.g.
> >>>>>>>>usb-storage are loaded).
> >>>>>>>>So, I need some kind of USB scanner (USB I/O range scan before & after
> >>>>>>>>plugging showed up no difference as I mentioned earlier) to figure out
> >>>>>>>>what is going on.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, dima wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>Try starting at the FAQ and User Guide at http://www.linux-usb.org .
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Well, all the explanations start with the fact I see my device in
> >>>>>>>>>>/proc/bus/usb/* but I don't
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, dima wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>I got a noname usb drive recently marked as "Samsung 128MB". It works ok
> >>>>>>>>>>>>plugged into my FreeBSD desktop as Lexar Jumpshot but it fails on my old
> >>>>>>>>>>>>Linux laptop. The problem is that USB driver doesn't report any
> >>>>>>>>>>>>unclaimed devices, so nothing happpens when I do `modprobe usb-storage`.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>I think my question is addressed to developers mostly: how can I figure
> >>>>>>>>>>>>out if the USB driver is able to work with the device (btw, I have a
> >>>>>>>>>>>>PIIX4 USB hub)? I tried to scan the USB I/O range (0x7000-0x701f) but
> >>>>>>>>>>>>nothing changed when i plugged the device. Now I'm working on figuring
> >>>>>>>>>>>>out the call-stack in my case (any help from developers again?) &
> >>>>>>>>>>>>inserting more log messages.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>

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