Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-29 Thread Adrian Sandu
> We are working with computers. Weird stuff is not supposed to happen. But > it does. Occasionally, this needs to be remembered, as it does > occasionally cause real-world problems and is often the likely explanation > for what is otherwise inexplicable. Thus, sooner or later some old geezer > com

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-29 Thread Adrian Sandu
> The only solution I see is to buy something else, like an Asus > EB1501P-B057E .. I need something small and fast enough .. :| Maybe > any other recommendations ? ( other root chipset / atom cpu .. small > powered .. etc. ) DON'T KILL ME ! .. I got the best cables I could get my hands on ( doubl

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-28 Thread Adrian Sandu
The only solution I see is to buy something else, like an Asus EB1501P-B057E .. I need something small and fast enough .. :| Maybe any other recommendations ? ( other root chipset / atom cpu .. small powered .. etc. ) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the b

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
n a car for the > trip. The board got warm enough for the solder in that joint to expand > enough for startup, while en route to the shop. > > Thus, I definitely do encourage you to check for hardware or cabling > problems before deciding to buy additional equipment as a workarou

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
> They're the same chipset. There's minor differences in the PCI > capabilities, but not much else. It could be something electrically > wrong with the AsRock system, I suppose. That's possible if you see > the errors popping up erratically. > > Any chance you can exchange the AsRock system? No

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
> Since you are using the same live CD on both computers, this has to be > caused by a difference in the hardware. What do "lspci -vvv" and > "lspci -vvv -n" show on the two computers? http://d3xt3r01.tk/~dexter/usbmon/asrock_lspci http://d3xt3r01.tk/~dexter/usbmon/vaio_lspci -- To unsubscribe fr

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
>> Adrian Sandu wrote: >>> I tried with a 3.3.8 , same thing happened. I don't understand why my >>> gentoo (asrock) fails and fedora(laptop) didn't ! :| Tried to use the live cd on my laptop, can't reproduce it in any way on my computer .. Using the same

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
> Adrian Sandu wrote: >> I tried with a 3.3.8 , same thing happened. I don't understand why my >> gentoo (asrock) fails and fedora(laptop) didn't ! :| > > Try what Alan suggested, start the Gentoo userland with the Fedora > kernel. I tried booting a Fedora-17-x86

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
>> I tried with a 3.3.8 , same thing happened. I don't understand why my >> gentoo (asrock) fails and fedora(laptop) didn't ! :| >> Why ? What causes it to shutdown ? It can copy to/from drives ( in the >> hub or directly in the root hub ) .. but what makes it fail sometimes >> :| > > If we knew th

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
>> Anything else I can help with ? :| I'm stuck .. dunno what to test >> more or what else helpfull info I could give ya' guys .. > > You could run a test with a 3.3 kernel, as Sarah asked earlier. Other > than that, I can't think of anything. Maybe Sarah will come up with a > patch for you to tr

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Sandu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Adrian Sandu wrote: > 2012-09-26T20:13:09.700606+03:00 d3xt3r01 kernel: [ 2466.455403] usb > 3-1.1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd > 2012-09-26T20:13:09.713629+03:00 d3xt3r01 kernel: [ 2466.468373] > xhci_hcd :0

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-26 Thread Adrian Sandu
03:00 d3xt3r01 kernel: [ 2501.759654] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 208112 2012-09-26T20:13:45.020696+03:00 d3xt3r01 kernel: [ 2501.775198] usb 3-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 14 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Adrian Sandu wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Alan Ster

Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-26 Thread Adrian Sandu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Alan Stern wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Sarah Sharp wrote: > >> Alan, I'm wondering if the xHCI ring expansion is causing issues with >> USB hard drives under xHCI. Testing with a Buffalo USB 3.0 hard drive >> with an NEC uPD720200 xHCI host, I see that the usb-s