Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:08:15 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: annoying frequent overcurrent messages. |
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Hi!
> > I have a box that's having its dmesg flooded with.. > > > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1 > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2 > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1 > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2 > ... > > > over and over again.. > > The thing is, this box doesn't even have any USB devices connected to it, > > so there's absolutely nothing I can do to remedy this. > > Well, overcurrent is a potentially dangerous situation. That's why it > gets reported with dev_err priority.
Well, I see overcurrents all the time while doing suspend/resume...
Why is it dangerous? USB should survive plugging something that connects +5V and ground. It may turn your machine off, but that should be it...? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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