Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-27 Thread Peter Osterlund
Matthew Dharm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:24:44AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 05:00 schrieb Matthew Dharm: > > > The question is, what is the best way to handle this. I'm guessing that > > > increasing the priority of the usb-storage c

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Dharm
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:24:44AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 05:00 schrieb Matthew Dharm: > > Many people, including myself, have observed system stalls when using > > usb-storage. It happens when copying large amounts of data to a USB device > > -- everything (exc

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-26 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 05:00 schrieb Matthew Dharm: > Many people, including myself, have observed system stalls when using > usb-storage. It happens when copying large amounts of data to a USB device > -- everything (except the USB access) just stops for a little while. My > best guess is

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-24 Thread Matthew Dharm
As an experiment, can you renice the usb-storage control thread to something like -10 or so, and see if that improves things any? Matt On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 07:52:50PM +0200, kri wrote: > > Many people, including myself, have observed system stalls when using > > usb-storage. It happens when c

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-24 Thread kri
> Where did you see an option to 'enable extra checks in new queueing > code'? In the SCSI section ^^;; Sorry I forgot to mention that. (and that after correctng my mail TWICE X( ) -- Today is Setting Orange, the 59th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3169 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-24 Thread Matthew Dharm
Where did you see an option to 'enable extra checks in new queueing code'? Matt On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 07:52:50PM +0200, kri wrote: > > Many people, including myself, have observed system stalls when using > > usb-storage. It happens when copying large amounts of data to a USB > > device-- ever

Re: [linux-usb-devel] System stalls using usb-storage

2003-07-24 Thread kri
> Many people, including myself, have observed system stalls when using > usb-storage. It happens when copying large amounts of data to a USB > device-- everything (except the USB access) just stops for a little > while. My best guess is that the block cache is filling up (easy since Confirmed.