On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:41:34PM -0500, ericj wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a system using BlueCat Linux 5.0 (kernel 2.6.0). Woah. Stop right there. Please update your kernel version, that kernel is _very_ old and contains loads of bugs. Try this on 2.6.12 if you can. > We are > running into a problem where if the user rapidly inserts and removes USB > devices, the calls to usb_set_configuration call eventually fails (after > somewhere around 5-15 attempts). The error I am receiving is "can't set config > #1, error -71", which is in usb_new_device. > > Unfortunately, we are compelled by business decisions to stick with this > kernel, although we can probably (there are some binary-only drivers involved) > patch the usb core stuff up to something more current. That's a very stupid business decision. Remind the people making that decision about all of the security problems that are known in that kernel, and how easy it will be to break your product once it is released. Good luck, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
