Re: [Barry-devel] Calling all Pearl users
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From: Chris F. <cd...@fo...> - 2007-03-29 20:45:20
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 06:04:02PM -0400, Rick Scott wrote: > I've been quiet on this so far, but good things don't last forever :) > Greg has, or will, submit the power change part for the inclusion in the > kernel, so bcharge may become a non-issue. With a bit of luck, the whole > driver may become a non-issue (fingers crossed, not holding my breathe). > The power setting can be matched against, with bMaxPower=="100mA" in the > udev.rules, with FC4 and above. I think the other issues can be > determined with bcdDevice. I know that the 6200's won't go past 100mA, > so all recent attempts end up in an endless loop trying to set 500mA. > The issue is always going to be, sometimes I want Desktop, sometimes I'm > gonna want usb_storage. Not loading usb_storage is NOT going to be a > solution. Hi Rick! Don't stay quiet. :-) Has Greg KH been able to get his hands on the Recommended Procedure (TM) for adjusting power and the Pearl modes? As you've probably seen on the list, people have been running into some pretty funky behaviour, with endpoints being 0, and firmware upgrades solving the issue. I imagine there is a "Windows way" that just hasn't been discovered yet. Also, you mention the usb_storage / database access conflict. I'm curious how you see that being fixed. These two pieces of functionality come in two different USB configurations, and it is my understanding that USB cannot select both configurations at the same time. Pretending to have both running at the same time will require code, somewhere, either in kernel or not, to switch wildly back and forth between these two USB configurations. Either that, or just make usb_storage politely give up its claim on request. I seem to recall other drivers doing this when I was reading through the kernel source, but can't recall which driver anymore. If anyone has a Pearl handy, with Windows, I'm curious if it is possible to do a backup of the device at the same time as having it mapped to a drive. > I had my hands on an 8800 for a while today, before the owner came back > from lunch :), so I worked through part of this. The CVS version of > bcharge kept saying it wasn't a pearl, so there is still some work to be > done :( I was thinking that the bcdDevice was the key. I did manage a > complete backup of the databases though .... Do you have lsusb -v output for that device, by any chance? Thanks, - Chris |