Re: Unreliable USB3 with NEC uPD720200 and Delock Cardreader

2012-10-21 Thread Adrian Sandu
> I have problems to get my USB3 cardreader to work reliably when connected to > the USB3 port. Due to lack of other USB3 devices I don't know if it is the > cardreader or the USB3 host (NEC uPD720200) but the cardreader always works > reliable when connected to USB2. I've noticed about the same t

Re: Tons of issues with xhci

2012-10-19 Thread Adrian Sandu
>> Doesn't this look alot like the problems I had ? :| >> Altough I still find weird the fact that the connection to my laptop >> worked just fine, but not in the asrock ! :| > > The same happened to me in another laptop, which only has USB2 ports. > I still see problems on this laptop on the USB2

Re: Tons of issues with xhci

2012-10-19 Thread Adrian Sandu
> So I tried everything, eventually updated the firmware, but in the end > it turns out it was the cable. With the bad cable it seems when > operating in USB2 mode it tends to work fine, which explains a lot. > > Anyway, I went back to 3.6.2 without the lpm patches and it still works fine > :) > >

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-usb" in the bo

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

Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-25 Thread Adrian Sandu
> After each test I've only plugged ou the drive from the hub ( the hub > remained connected to the computer ) > Results: Directory indexing enabled .. http://d3xt3r01.tk/~dexter/usbmon/ Nevermind my last email .. seems I've been catting the wrong 9u ! :| the files seem too small :| Will redo ever

Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-25 Thread Adrian Sandu
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Adrian Sandu wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Sarah Sharp > wrote: >> Ok, so 3.4.11 doesn't work, and the log file was from 3.5. > > If you want I can provide a 3.4 log... > >> If it's not LPM, I'm rea

Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-24 Thread Adrian Sandu
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > Ok, so 3.4.11 doesn't work, and the log file was from 3.5. If you want I can provide a 3.4 log... > If it's not LPM, I'm really out of ideas. I would suggest getting > another USB 3.0 hub, but I know that basically the VIA chipset is the >

Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-24 Thread Adrian Sandu
> I'll whip up some patches that allow you to disable USB 3.0 Link PM for > the VIA hub and we'll see if that helps. Or you could downgrade to the > 3.4 kernel and see if that helps, since USB 3.0 Link PM went into 3.5. Thanks Sarah. I tried in 3.4.11 to .. about the same thing .. http://d3xt3r01

Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-24 Thread Adrian Sandu
> You should use Reply-To-All so that your messages get sent to the > mailing list as well as to me. Will do from now on :) > > In the new file you wrote: "launch cat of 9u, start copying a file to > /dev/sdb1 ( using mc for example )". Where was this file stored? Was > it on /dev/sdd1? > > My

usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

2012-09-23 Thread Adrian Sandu
Hi peeps, For the past day or so I've been trying to get my usb hub to work with my asrock 152d and failed. After a while it crossed my mind to try it out on my vaio vpcf13m1e's usb3 port .. worked like a charm. Both the nettop and my laptop seem to have the same usb3 chipset: "NEC Corporation uPD