From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kay Sievers Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 03:52:50 +0000 Subject: Re: another wait_for_sysfs problem Message-Id: <1102477971.5987.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: References: <33894.192.168.1.201.1102343868.squirrel@www.drey.org> In-Reply-To: <33894.192.168.1.201.1102343868.squirrel@www.drey.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 08:37 -0600, Paul Sorensen wrote: > I have udev version 045 on kernel 2.6.9 and I'm trying to use a software > usb mass storage "device" that runs on my Tungsten T3 (called Softick Card > Export. > > On my work laptop (Windoze XP), it works ok, but on my Linux box I get: > > Dec 6 07:59:27 dhamma wait_for_sysfs[31176]: either wait_for_sysfs (udev > 045) needs an update to handle the device > '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/1-3.1/1-3.1:1.0' properly (no > bus device link) or the sysfs-support of your device's driver needs to be > fixed, please report to > > The contents of the mentioned sysfs directory are: > > dhamma 1-3.1:1.0 # ls -la > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Dec 6 07:59 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Dec 6 07:59 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 6 07:59 detach_state > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Dec 6 07:59 host4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 6 07:59 power > > Nothing seems to appear in the /dev directory for the "device" at all. Is > there something I can do about this? It's not a hotplug or udev related problem. If you compile your own kernels you may try 2.6.10-rc3 as it fixed a few issues I had with usb-storage. Or alternatively try the ub driver if it is able to handle that device. If it doesn't help you may ask on the linux-usb-devel list. Kay ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel