Re: usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Alan Cox
> > it's set to mps 1.1. linux has issues with 1.4? > > The USB code didn't like it for some SMP motherboards a while ago. This > should be cured now, but is a good place to start if you are having > problems. Linux handles 1.1 and 1.4. Some 1.4 setups were buggy with respect to USB interrupt

Re: usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 01:59:23PM -0400, Pete Toscano wrote: > anyway, i don't recall all of the usb errors, but i think there was > "breadth" in it, it had about four lines of error message produced and > they kept repeating until i unplugged all usb devices, and there were > timeouts. useful,

Re: usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Pete Toscano
greg, machine's at home and in a bit of a wedged state, so i can't get this info to you right away, but i will if you think it'll help debug the issue. from what you say, the people on the linux-usb-devel list already have patches for these things, so i'm wondering if it'll be useful. anyway, i

Re: usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 12:36:46PM -0400, Pete Toscano wrote: > any more information i can provide to help? Yes: What kind of timeout errors are you seeing? Kernel debug logs would be helpful. What devices are you trying to use? What is your .config file? What is your BIOS setting for MPS (if it'

Re: usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Pete Toscano
oh, btw, i also tried an asus p2b-ds mobo with the intel bx chipset with the same results. pete On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, Pete Toscano wrote: > hello, > > i haven't been on lkml since vger died, but just subscribed and looked > at the archives and was unable to find anything on this... > > i'm run

usb and smp problems with 2.4.0-test9/2.2.18-pre15

2000-10-09 Thread Pete Toscano
hello, i haven't been on lkml since vger died, but just subscribed and looked at the archives and was unable to find anything on this... i'm running 2.4.0-test9 and 2.2.18-pre15. for both of these kernels, if i enable usb and smp, i get a lot of usb device timeout errors. if i recompile, just