Problem in USB on the Sheevaplug, 2.6.31

[matthias@kaehlcke.net (Matthias Kaehlcke)]

hi lluis,

El Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:43:56AM +0200 Llu?s Batlle ha dit:

> after using a USB storage device (a Kingston DataTraveler 8GB flash
> stick) in the sheevaplug for some hours, at one point the device
> stopped working until I replugged it in.
> 
> The system kept stable, while all this happened.
> 
> Here comes the 'dmesg' part:
> 
> EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
> #------------ some hours passed ----------
> usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at arch/arm/kernel/process.c:171 cpu_idle+0x74/0xbc()
> Modules linked in: sg
> [<c002f85c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xdc) from [<c003ecb0>]
> (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x80)
> [<c003ecb0>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x80) from [<c002b974>]
> (cpu_idle+0x74/0xbc)
> [<c002b974>] (cpu_idle+0x74/0xbc) from [<c0008b04>] (start_kernel+0x270/0x2d4)
> [<c0008b04>] (start_kernel+0x270/0x2d4) from [<00008034>] (0x8034)
> ---[ end trace 81d90711559dbd0e ]---
> usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -32
> usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -32
> usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -32
> usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -32
> usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
> usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -32
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 15466566
> usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> EXT3-fs error (device sda1): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode
> bitmap - block_group = 59, inode_bitmap = 1933313
> EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at fs/buffer.c:1152 mark_buffer_dirty+0x34/0xe8()
> Modules linked in: sg
> [<c002f85c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xdc) from [<c003ecb0>]
> (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x80)
> [<c003ecb0>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x80) from [<c00d67d4>]
> (mark_buffer_dirty+0x34/0xe8)
> [<c00d67d4>] (mark_buffer_dirty+0x34/0xe8) from [<c010b3ac>]
> (ext3_commit_super+0x4c/0x70)
> [<c010b3ac>] (ext3_commit_super+0x4c/0x70) from [<c010c5a0>]
> (ext3_handle_error+0x98/0xc4)
> [<c010c5a0>] (ext3_handle_error+0x98/0xc4) from [<c010c634>]
> (__ext3_std_error+0x68/0x74)
> [<c010c634>] (__ext3_std_error+0x68/0x74) from [<c0102e60>]
> (ext3_new_inode+0x898/0x91c)
> [<c0102e60>] (ext3_new_inode+0x898/0x91c) from [<c0109898>]
> (ext3_mkdir+0x8c/0x2cc)
> [<c0109898>] (ext3_mkdir+0x8c/0x2cc) from [<c00bc5ac>] (vfs_mkdir+0x6c/0xc0)
> [<c00bc5ac>] (vfs_mkdir+0x6c/0xc0) from [<c00be928>] (sys_mkdirat+0x84/0xd0)
> [<c00be928>] (sys_mkdirat+0x84/0xd0) from [<c002a9c0>]
> (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c)
> ---[ end trace 81d90711559dbd0f ]---
> Aborting journal on device sda1.
> journal commit I/O error
> ext3_abort called.
> EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
> Remounting filesystem read-only
> 
> It's a vanilla kernel built with gcc 4.3.4 . If you need more
> information, I can compile special versions of that kernel to get some
> additional information.

the USB FAQ suggests it might be a problem of signal quality, try if it
works when removing ehci-hcd:
http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#ts6

is the file system subject to a lot of write accesses? in this case it
is likely you will encounter problems of corrupt sectors due to flash
wear out. be sure not to mount locations like /var (especially
/var/log) on the flash device. you also should mount the device with
the options noatime and nodiratime if you aren't doing it yet

<ca>per cert: que tal el sheeva plug? porto temps pensant de
comprar-ne un</ca>

salutacions

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