ehci not used(?) when connected device turned on later
Juergen Lock
nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de
Thu Jan 19 11:26:29 PST 2006
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:38:51PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> From: Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com>
> Subject: Re: ehci not used(?) when connected device turned on later
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:29:38 -0700 (MST)
>
> > From: Juergen Lock <nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de>
> > Subject: ehci not used(?) when connected device turned on later
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:51:31 +0100
> >
> > > Is this a known problem with the 5.4 usb code?
> > >
> > > 1. connect an externally powered umass device (eg a harddrive with
> > > its own psu) thats turned off
> > > 2. boot freebsd
> > > 3. turn the device on later
> > >
> > > then it gets only usb 1.1 speed even when ehci is in the kernel.
> > > You have to reconnect it _while being turned on_ to get usb2 speed.
> > > Same problem if you turn it off after use and later turn it back on
> > > while still being connected...
> > >
> > > Is there a fix? (With linux it works as expected, if that means
> > > anything... :)
> > >
> > > Oh, please Cc me with followups, I'm not subscribed on -usb (yet?)
> >
> > I have no idea what you are saying.
> >
> > ehci is used for me when I plug in my devices, or when I turn them
> > on. Do you have ehci in your kernel? It was disabled by default in
> > 5.4.
>
> Oh, I'm slow today...
>
> I'm pretty sure that -current does the right thing, but I'll double
> check tonight.
I got one instance of `40.000MB/s transfers' dmesg after turning it
on today, so apparently it only `sometimes' doesnt work. (Next try
it didn't.) Some kind of race? Maybe the `rate of success' depends
on the device as well, as you haven't seen the problem at all... (right?)
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