On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:51:12 -0700, Greg KH wrote > 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. I cannot say that I disagree, but I don't expect that I can make that happen. Actually, I'd love to upgrade the kernel if allowed. > > 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. On the plus side for the project, the device does not have networking, keyboard, serial or exposed standard USB ports (the USB devices in question have a physical connector similar to a cell phone or PDA). The USB devices in question are just modified USB CF adapters, that load somewhat-authenticated files to the device. The motherboard is a VIA Epia PD10000, if it matters. I understand that you're not recommending this path, but I would appreciate some pointers because I don't believe that I can avoid going down it. -- Eric Johnson -- ericj at ericj dot net -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
