linux-kernel - Re: USB regression (and other failures) in 2.6.2[45]*

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:02:58 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Andrew Buehler <abuehler.kernel@...il.com>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@...il.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	SCSI development list <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: USB regression (and other failures) in 2.6.2[45]* - mostly
 resolved

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Andrew Buehler wrote:

> > It sounds like an old version of a Novell product is making a newer
> > kernel spit out a warning message.
> 
> Originally that was all that it was, but now I am seeing the product in
> question not even see the hard drive despite the fact that it is
> mountable with standard utilities. Whether the failure is in the program
> or elsewhere I don't know, but I'm hoping it's in the program, because
> if it's elsewhere I have a *lot* of tedious digging and testing ahead of
> me and little real idea of where to start.

You could start by running the program under strace.  That should give 
you a good idea of where the problem begins.

Alan Stern

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