[PATCH] UBUNTU: [Config] Disable libusual and the ub driver

Mon Apr 20 19:33:25 UTC 2009

Scott James Remnant wrote:
> Bug: #363038
> 
> The ub driver is an old attempt for a slow USB Block Device driver,
> it hasn't been maintained in quite a while and we don't have an easy
> way to enable it.
> 
> libusual is a strange mechanism for the kernel to auto-select between
> usb-storage and ub.  It works by stealing the aliases from them both
> and modprobe'ing (from the kernel) the other module when a device is
> connected.
> 
> The trouble is that because it's built into the kernel, on machines with
> particularly fast init, it could be trying to call it before the initramfs
> has even been switched to - or before the initramfs has called "depmod".
> In either case, since there's no modules.alias/modules.dep files, the
> modprobe call with fail and the USB storage device will not be enabled.
> 
> Plugging a second USB storage device in will magically cure the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott at canonical.com>
> ---
>  debian/config/amd64/config       |   10 +++-------
>  debian/config/i386/config        |    4 ++--
>  debian/config/i386/config.server |    5 +----
>  debian/config/lpia/config        |    4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/debian/config/amd64/config b/debian/config/amd64/config
> index cc350e9..ce5d897 100644
> --- a/debian/config/amd64/config
> +++ b/debian/config/amd64/config
> @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8=m
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB=m
> +# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM=m
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP is not set
>  CONFIG_BLOCK=y
> @@ -1095,7 +1095,6 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER=y
>  CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
>  CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST=y
>  # CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT is not set
> -CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER=y
>  CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y
>  CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT=y
>  CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y
> @@ -1226,7 +1225,6 @@ CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
>  CONFIG_HWMON=y
>  # CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP is not set
>  CONFIG_HWMON_VID=m
> -# CONFIG_HW_BRANCH_TRACER is not set
>  CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
>  CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
>  CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD=m
> @@ -3496,7 +3494,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_LCD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LED=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER=m
> -CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL=y
> +# CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set
>  CONFIG_USB_M5602=m
>  CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m
>  CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK=m
> @@ -3848,7 +3846,7 @@ CONFIG_X86_CPU=y
>  CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
>  CONFIG_X86_CPU_DEBUG=m
>  CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR=y
> -CONFIG_X86_DS=y
> +# CONFIG_X86_DS is not set
>  CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM=y
>  CONFIG_X86_HT=y
>  CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=64
> @@ -3866,14 +3864,12 @@ CONFIG_X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES=y
>  CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y
>  CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y
>  # CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP is not set
> -CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS=y
>  CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS=y
>  CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K=y
>  CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO=y
>  CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB=m
>  CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y
>  CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> -# CONFIG_X86_UV is not set
>  # CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is not set
>  # CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not set
>  CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> diff --git a/debian/config/i386/config b/debian/config/i386/config
> index 623e6e8..921f47b 100644
> --- a/debian/config/i386/config
> +++ b/debian/config/i386/config
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8=m
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB=m
> +# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM=m
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP is not set
> @@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_LCD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LED=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER=m
> -CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL=y
> +# CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set
>  CONFIG_USB_M5602=m
>  CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m
>  CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK=m
> diff --git a/debian/config/i386/config.server b/debian/config/i386/config.server
> index dfde6ae..5f6df46 100644
> --- a/debian/config/i386/config.server
> +++ b/debian/config/i386/config.server
> @@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
>  # CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ is not set
>  CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE=y
>  CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="deadline"
> -CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER=y
>  # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
>  CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
>  CONFIG_HVC_IRQ=y
>  CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
> -# CONFIG_HW_BRANCH_TRACER is not set
>  CONFIG_HZ=100
>  CONFIG_HZ_100=y
>  # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
> @@ -29,10 +27,9 @@ CONFIG_X86_CMOV=y
>  CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64=y
>  CONFIG_X86_CPU_DEBUG=m
>  CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR=y
> -CONFIG_X86_DS=y
> +# CONFIG_X86_DS is not set
>  # CONFIG_X86_E_POWERSAVER is not set
>  CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
> -CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS=y
>  CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
>  CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
>  CONFIG_XEN=y
> diff --git a/debian/config/lpia/config b/debian/config/lpia/config
> index d82ef26..e2ac0a6 100644
> --- a/debian/config/lpia/config
> +++ b/debian/config/lpia/config
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8=m
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB=m
> +# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM=m
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
>  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP is not set
> @@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_LCD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LD=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LED=m
>  CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER=m
> -CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL=y
> +# CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set
>  # CONFIG_USB_M5602 is not set
>  CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m
>  CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK=m

applied to Karmic

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com