On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:06:59AM +0100, Donal Morrissey wrote: > Hi Guys, > Thanks for taking the time to respond. > > On 13 May 2011 18:28, Robert Pearce <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 13 May 2011 17:33:07 +0100 you wrote: > >> embedded platform running the 2.6.8.1 kernel > > > > Did you mean that? Or was it a typo and should say 2.6.38.1? If the > > former then somebody will reply saying please use something slightly > > approximating a modern kernel. > > Unfortunately it wasn't a typo, the following is the version info for > our target: > ~ # cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.8.1-crus2.0.8 (nightbuilder@bob) (gcc version 3.4.3) > #1 Fri May 13 00:06:25 BST 2011 > > Updating to a newer Kernel is something we have considered, but before > attempting this we would like to have investigated the issue as much > as possible. We obviously don't want to put in the effort if it turns > out it was something else. I've also spent some time looking through > the Kernel change logs from 2.6.8 and could not find any explicit > fixes for this type of error. That kernel is almost 7 years old. Many hundreds of thousands of changes have happened since then, resulting in a kernel that looks almost nothing like what you are currently using. I strongly recommend upgrading. If not, again, work with your vendor who is supporting that kernel to provide fixes, we can not do that here at all. best of luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
