RE: [iPAQ] RE: 10 seconds freeze at startup: a bit more info

That's a good question. It also reads the OWM interface to see what kind of sleeve is attached. But it is supposed to make sure there is a sleeve before trying to read it. Looks like a kernel bug.

        - Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xavier Bestel [mailto:xavier.bestel@free.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 12:59 PM
> To: Christian, Andrew
> Cc: iPAQ@handhelds.org
> Subject: RE: [iPAQ] RE: 10 seconds freeze at startup: a bit more info
>
>
> Sure ! I've never had any sleeve. So why is it waiting for a
> battery on it ?
>
> Xav
>
> Le mer 29/05/2002 à 18:40, Christian, Andrew a écrit :
> > Sorry, that should have been /proc/sys/asic
> >
> > The OWM timeout is the wait time before the OWM interface
> gives up and
> > decides that nothing is going to respond. In your case, it
> looks like
> > the battery on the sleeve isn't responding.
> >
> > - Andrew
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Xavier Bestel [mailto:xavier.bestel@free.fr]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 12:23 PM
> > > To: Christian, Andrew
> > > Cc: iPAQ@handhelds.org
> > > Subject: [iPAQ] RE: 10 seconds freeze at startup: a bit more info
> > >
> > >
> > > What's OWM ? And OWM timeout ? What would be a good timeout ?
> > > The only (seemingly related) thing I see in /proc/asic/stats
> > > is "OWM timeouts 4" but I doubt it's that.
> > >
> > > Xav
> > >
> > > Le mar 28/05/2002 à 14:11, Christian, Andrew a écrit :
> > > > There is a module parameter "owm_sample_delay" which
> > > controls how long
> > > > the OWM timeout is. You can check it in /proc/asic/.
> It should
> > > > be
> > > > measured in milliseconds.
> > > >
> > > > - Andrew
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Xavier Bestel [mailto:xavier.bestel@free.fr]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 7:09 PM
> > > > > To: iPAQ
> > > > > Cc: Christian, Andrew
> > > > > Subject: 10 seconds freeze at startup: a bit more info
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > My 3800 is suspended on AC power, the LED is ON. I press the
> > > > > power button to resume it, the LED starts blinking,
> LCD is still
> > > > > OFF, nothing happens except LED blinking for at least 10
> > > > > senconds, then ipaq effectively resumes and here is
> what I got
> > > > > on the serial port:
> > > > >
> > > > > usbctl: Stopped
> > > > > usbctl: Closed
> > > > > Unloading SA1100 USB Controller
> > > > > OWM read failed -110 (0x000c)
> > > > > h3600_apm_get_power_status: unable to access battery
> information
> > > > > iPAQ audio support initialized SA1100 USB Controller Core
> > > > > Initialized
> > > > > usbctl: Opened for usb-eth
> > > > > usbctl: Started for usb-eth
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > note the line "OWM read failed -110 (0x000c)" - is it
> the cause
> > > > > of the long wait ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Xav
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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Received on Wed May 29 13:02:52 2002