Re: HDD spins up to slow for USB and/or Mass-Storage Driver

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:12:18AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:12:47AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have a 3TB WD HDD in an USB3 enclosure that fails to show up if i 
> > > > connect the USB3-cable first and then switch on the enclosure. 
> > > > (Example-Log see below)
> > > > 
> > > > If i either:
> > > > - Wait a little before connecting the USB3-cable
> > > > - Disconnect/Reconnect the USB3-cable
> > > > - rmmod xhci; modprobe xhci
> > > > The HDD shows up and works normally.
> > > > 
> > > > Question is, is there something that i can do that doesn't involve 
> > > > 'rmmod'ing the xhci-driver or doing something physical?
> > > > Is there a way to force a "rescan"?
> > > > For e.g. is there something that i can do to a sysfs-file to force a 
> > > > "rescan" of the USB-port?
> > > > Or can i prolong the timeout, which appears to be 5 seconds.
> > > 
> > > The 5-second limit is part of the USB-2 specification (sections 9.2.6.1 
> > > and 9.2.6.4).
> > 
> > And it can be increased with the delay_use module parameter to the
> > usb_storage driver.
> 
> No, it can't.  That module parameter affects a different delay, in 
> usb-storage.  Matthias's problem is the delay in 
> usb_set_configuration().

Ah, my mistake, you are right, nevermind...

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