From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262915AbUB1B7w (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:59:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262934AbUB1B7w (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:59:52 -0500 Received: from inventor.gentoo.org ([216.223.235.2]:384 "EHLO meep.gentoo.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262915AbUB1B7v (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:59:51 -0500 Subject: 2.6.3-bk9 QA testing: firewire good, USB printing dead From: Daniel Robbins To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. Message-Id: <1077933682.14653.23.camel@wave.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:01:22 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi everyone, Ben Collins pointed me to 2.6.3-bk9 for my firewire troubles, and I'm happy to report that firewire is working like a champ -- never better. I'm burning 3 CDs simultaneously via firewire (2 controllers) with no problems. I expect 4 simultaneous burns will also work well. My devices have Oxford 911 chips, controllers are soundblaster audigy and a generic 3-port 1394a card. However, 2.6.3-bk9's USB printing support appears to be dead. I can't get it to work reliably. Tested on Epson Stylus Photo 960 and a Brother Laser printer. catting files to /dev/usb/lp? tends to fail (process will get "stuck") and printer data stops flowing. This is on an Athlon XP (NForce2) system using the on-board USB. The official 2.6.3 release works fine. I'd expect these USB printing death symptoms to be easily reproducable on quite a few systems -- the problems hit me in the first few seconds of print testing. If they end up being more elusive, I can try to dig up more info for anyone who's interested in trying to isolate the problem. Regards, Daniel