On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 03:05:27PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: Hi,
Thanks for your help! :) > > This is a known problem, and a patch has been written to take care of it. > To make sure the patch will work for you, I will first need to see what > your /proc/bus/usb/devices file says about the USB key. > This is what /proc/bus/usb/devices on 2.6.7 says. If you need the 2.6.8.1 output too please ask and I'll boot it and read it (for now I'm stick with 2.6.7 as my default kernel, since my usb key is very important for me!). T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0ea0 ProdID=6828 Rev= 1.10 S: Manufacturer=USB S: Product=Flash Disk S: SerialNumber=39621ED83F18F609 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms > Neither one, really. It's a bug in your USB key. When you try to mount > the device, the mount program tries to read the boot sector from the key. > The key returns the proper data, but it also returns an error code saying > the data is invalid! Until 2.6.8 the usb-storage driver ignored the > error code, but this caused problems with other devices. So now the > driver has to be told to ignore the error code only for certain buggy > devices. > I see... Well, shame on the device manufacturers! :( Thanks again, Guido ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
