Re: Kernel 2.4.18 and VIA USB

[Greg KH]

On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 09:34:42PM +0100, Will Newton wrote:
> On Monday 20 May 2002 6:53 pm, you wrote:
> 
> > > hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 7
> > > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=7 (error=-110)
> > > hub.c: Cannot enable port 2 of hub 1, disabling port.
> > > hub.c: Maybe the USB cable is bad?
> >
> > Which USB host controller driver are you using?
> 
> usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 11:55:11 Apr 14 2002
> usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver

When trying out 2.4.19-pre, also try the uhci.c driver.

> > And are you sure your cable isn't bad?  :)
> 
> No, and it isn't feasible for me to test this right now, as it's a custom (I 
> think) cable and I have only one cable and one USB capable machine.

Ah, custom cable, not good :(

> Also a google search for "Maybe the USB cable is bad?" seems to turn up only 
> VIA users.

Yes, there are a lot of odd VIA problems, but then again, there are a
lot of USB cables out there in the wild that are not compliant with the
USB spec :)

greg k-h