Re: [iPAQ] usb support available now?

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:29:19PM +1100, Charlie Flynn wrote:
> I also got reasonably stable results from i386 kernel 2.4.0-test4 using the iPAQ
> USB driver at:
>
> http://www.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linux/kernel/drivers/usb/usbc_h3600_xxx.c
>
> All the network services ( that I tested) worked pretty well between the PC and
> the iPAQ. It wasn't perfect ( there were errors reported on the PC log) but I
> still perceived the link to be fast.

Possible that it works, but the USB code prior to 2.4.0-test9 contained
quite some race conditions that can lock up the complete machine.

Besided from that, 2.4.0-test9 and up contain Rik van Riel's new memory
balancing stuff, which make the machine more responsive under high
loads.

BTW, all 2.4.0 kernels can Oops on block_read_full_page(), especially
if you log out from an X session which had a lot of xterms open. This
is currently being worked on. The workaround is to log out each xterm
separately and than close the X session.

Erik
[happily running 2.4.0-test10-pre6 with a one line patch to get PCMCIA
working again]

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