Kernel 2.6.10 and later issues with USB

[R Kimber]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:01:24 -0400
Matt Patterson <matt at v8zman.com> wrote:

> Perhaps you are experiencing the inotify bug. This is a freeze in the 
> kernel when it gets notified of a newly inserted device. I believe
> the kernel boot option was "noinotify". I thought that was my problem
> for a while, but pinned it squarely on the pci vid card in the end.

Thanks.  I'll have a look at inotify.

> Also, try running a non smp kernel and see if you can reproduce your 
> problem, if you cant then you have one more clue and can mess around 
> with the smp options in hte bios.

I'll try that, though I don't really have enough knowledge to fiddle
with advanced bios settings.  I did run a non smp kernel for a short
while (that's what was installed by default, and I had to turn USB off
to get that installed) and didn't have a problem with it, but I may not
have run it for long enough.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/