Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765429AbXHOPZA (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:25:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761202AbXHOPYw (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:24:52 -0400 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:56978 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1760846AbXHOPYv (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:24:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:24:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: Florin Iucha cc: Michal Piotrowski , Tejun Heo , Greg KH , USB development list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB-related oops in sysfs with linux v2.6.23-rc3-50-g28e8351 In-Reply-To: <20070815145005.GB7124@iucha.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1438 Lines: 35 On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:38:54AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > This patch will get rid of the annoying error messages. It won't do > > anything about your keyboard's tendency to spontaneously stop working, > > alas. > > My keyboard works fine for days, with kernels up to and including > 2.6.23-rc2 . I have booted into 2.6.23-rc3-$whatever this morning, and > after 10-15 minutes the keyboard stopped working. The mice which were > plugged in the keyboard's built-in hub were fine though. > > The first time it happened, I removed the keyboard and got the oops > that started this thread. It wasn't an oops, just a warning. > The second time, I just logged-in remotely > and rebooted, and the reboot process stopped at "KILLING all > processes" step. I simply reset the box and rebooted into 2.6.23-rc2 > and it is fine since (over an hour ago). To track this down, you might try building 2.6.23-rc3 with CONFIG_USB_DEBUG enabled. Then retrieve the dmesg log after the keyboard stops working and post it. You probably ought to CC: the maintainer of the HID core layer as well (and you can trim the existing CC: list). Alan Stern - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/