Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-16 Thread Woody Suwalski
Alan Stern wrote: On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Woody Suwalski wrote: Another important change is that the EHCI driver is now split into two modules. That can slow down loading and affect the timing. Alan Stern My testcase is a live initramfs + squash root. The boot logic is as stable as can be - un

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-16 Thread Alan Stern
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Woody Suwalski wrote: > > Another important change is that the EHCI driver is now split into two > > modules. That can slow down loading and affect the timing. > > > > Alan Stern > > > My testcase is a live initramfs + squash root. > The boot logic is as stable as can be - un

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-16 Thread Oliver Neukum
On Tuesday 15 January 2013 23:26:20 Woody Suwalski wrote: > The modules are insmoded in a fixed order: > usb-common, usbcore, xhci-hcd, ehci-hcd, uhci-hcd, ohci-hcd, usbhid, > usb_storage,... > > If all USB is built as modules - I get read errors from USB drives when > accessing squash image, b

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-15 Thread Woody Suwalski
Alan Stern wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, Andreas Mohr wrote: There's of course the EHCI vs. UHCI(/OHCI) duality (EHCI host controller responsible for high speed transfers, the other for 1.1 full speed, both serving the same port connectors). So if the coordination between the two is a problem, yo

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-12 Thread Alan Stern
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, Andreas Mohr wrote: > There's of course the EHCI vs. UHCI(/OHCI) duality > (EHCI host controller responsible for high speed transfers, > the other for 1.1 full speed, both serving the same port connectors). > So if the coordination between the two is a problem, > you might end

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-12 Thread Oliver Neukum
On Saturday 12 January 2013 14:16:02 Andreas Mohr wrote: > > Greg, Linus, > > It sounds insane, but after banging on the issue I have found out that > > USB problem is caused (also in vanilla kernel) with a config change: > > USB-all built as modules - bad USB > > USB core built in, UHCI/EHCI modu

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-12 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hi, > Greg, Linus, > It sounds insane, but after banging on the issue I have found out that > USB problem is caused (also in vanilla kernel) with a config change: > USB-all built as modules - bad USB > USB core built in, UHCI/EHCI modules - semi functional - but 1Mb/s > transfer > USB core and U

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-02 Thread Woody Suwalski
Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 02:35:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: Woody, Any chance you can bisect this? It's not going to be hugely pleasant (with 11k+ commits in between 3.7 and 3.8-rc1 you'll have to compile and test at least 14 kernels), but it would help enormously

Re: INVALID Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2013-01-01 Thread Woody Suwalski
Woody Suwalski wrote: Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 02:35:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: Woody, Any chance you can bisect this? It's not going to be hugely pleasant (with 11k+ commits in between 3.7 and 3.8-rc1 you'll have to compile and test at least 14 kernels), but i

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2012-12-23 Thread Woody Suwalski
Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 02:35:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: Woody, Any chance you can bisect this? It's not going to be hugely pleasant (with 11k+ commits in between 3.7 and 3.8-rc1 you'll have to compile and test at least 14 kernels), but it would help enormously

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2012-12-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 02:35:49PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Woody, > Any chance you can bisect this? It's not going to be hugely pleasant > (with 11k+ commits in between 3.7 and 3.8-rc1 you'll have to compile > and test at least 14 kernels), but it would help enormously. Of > course, maybe s

Re: Linux 3.8-rc1 - another regression on USB :-(

2012-12-23 Thread Linus Torvalds
Woody, Any chance you can bisect this? It's not going to be hugely pleasant (with 11k+ commits in between 3.7 and 3.8-rc1 you'll have to compile and test at least 14 kernels), but it would help enormously. Of course, maybe some USB person can guess what would cause the device to go offline.. Adde