[Voyage-linux] Most stable Voyage kernel for USB?

[Robert Haskins]

Punky was nice enough to generate a voyage kernel that had USB support 
in it for the net4501 board. I also built a voyage kernel by hand for 
the net4501, but both had the same (bad) result where intermittently I'd 
get overcurrent errors, or the ports would register and then unregister.

I don't recall offhand which driver was used by either the Soekris 
hardware or the Mini-ITX hardware I used, sorry. I worked by trial and 
error, though I seem to recall the VIA USB chipset being used on the 
Mini-ITX board I had.

Mike O'Connor wrote:
> Robert
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> I have never used the wrap or the net2801 in an application which needs
> usb, so my question would be which usb driver is used by the hardware ?
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> Is there a change that the Mini-ITX was using a difference driver ?
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> Mike
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> Punky Tse wrote:
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>>Robert,
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>>I searched the archive about your post, I found that you are able to
>>run ubuntu in Mini-ITX hareware, so can you install the kernel package
>>used by ubuntu to voyage from the following URL:
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>>http://debian.cn99.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/kernel-image-2.6.7-i386/kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7_2.6.7-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
>>
>> or
>>http://debian.cn99.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/linux-source-2.6.11/linux-image-2.6.11-1-386_2.6.11-0.2_i386.deb
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>>wget it and do a dpk -i.  I don't know which kernel used by ubuntu so
>>please find the one match.  If you don't see problem about USB when
>>using ubuntu kernel in voyage, it should probably be kernel patch
>>problem or related to kernel config.  If so, please send me the kernel
>>config which should be found in /boot.
>>
>>- Punky
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>>Robert Haskins wrote:
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>>>If you search this list's archives, you'll find several threads where
>>>I outline the USB related issues I have had with voyage on Soekris
>>>4501 hardware as well as Mini-ITX hardware. I was never able to solve
>>>the USB issues I was having, and had to give up on the project
>>>altogether. I believe that there are bugs in the Linux USB driver
>>>causing these problems. The issue I was having seemed to be timing
>>>related, as if I reduced the number of devices it worked "more
>>>reliably".
>>>
>>>I'd be interested to know what you are able to discover, if anything.
>>>
>>>Mark Pendrith wrote:
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>>>
>>>>I'm using Voyage (kernel-image-2.6.14-486-voyage_2.0-6_i386.deb) on
>>>>a WRAP.1E and also on a Soekris net4801 box. I'm having the same
>>>>problem with USB on both boxes.
>>>>
>>>>I've got four identical USB devices that all work well from my PC
>>>>running a version of RedHat linux, but all exhibit the same problem
>>>>on both boxes running Voyage. The problem is that my program
>>>>controlling the USB device will timeout waiting for a confirmation
>>>>signal returning from the device. The device performs the function
>>>>OK, it's just that the confirmation gets lost, which leaves the USB
>>>>device in a hung state; I need to reinitialise the USB port to reset
>>>>things.
>>>>
>>>>After I reinitialise things, I can then send another command to the
>>>>USB device, after which it will need resetting again.
>>>>
>>>>Because the behaviour is identical on two different platforms
>>>>running the same kernel, I;m concentrating my investigations there.
>>>>I've also eliminated the possibility of the device being faulty, as
>>>>I have four of them, which all work perfectly under RedHat, but all
>>>>misbehave in exactly the same way under Voyage.
>>>>
>>>>Does this ring a bell for anyone else using USB under Voyage? Are
>>>>some kernels known to have better stability for USB? Or is everyone
>>>>else using USB devices without issues?
>>>>
>>>>Any comments/insights appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>-Mark
>>>>
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