Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:51:17 +0200
From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: Wolfgang Scheicher <worf@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc4 USB storage problems
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On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:24:59PM +0200, Wolfgang Scheicher wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry for not being able to track down the issue better:
> 
> if i mount my usb-stick ( Sandisk Micro 256MB, USB2.0, FAT ), write a file 
> (for example 4MB) to it and unmount or sync, then there is a lot of activity 
> on the stick, but the unmount or sync doesn't finish ( waited > 10 Minutes - 
> should not take more than 1-2 sec ).

Can you run vmstat 1 during this process - so start vmstat 1 before umount,
and then umount but leave it running.

> any hints? any patches i shall try?

Please provide dmesg output, and vmstat 1.

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