Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:49:56 -0700 | From | David Rees <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18pre16 and USB_UHCI_ALT |
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:32:01PM -0400, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000, David Rees <dbr@spoke.nols.com> wrote: > > In 2.2.18pre16 an alternative USB_UHCI driver under the option > > CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT was added. Only this one works for me, and > > CONFIG_USB_UHCI throws up 50 messages a second like this one: > > > > Oct 16 00:12:22 spoke kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 188 > > > > and leaves my mouse in an unusable state. > > > > This is on a VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 6). I have two > > USB devices connected to it: > > Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Optical > > Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro > > > > What is supposed to be the difference between the two drivers, anyway? It > > is not clear from the docs what is different besides the fact that they > > are different. > > Just that. It's an alternative implementation. It's a long story why > there's 2 drivers for the same device, and you can check the USB > archives to learn the whole story. > > The short of it is that I didn't like the usb-uhci.c driver so I wrote a > different one. It looks like it was worth the effort since it works for > you whereas usb-uhci.c doesn't. > > I'm sure the usb-uhci.c guys will be interested to follow up with you > about the problems you are seeing.
Well, the real interesting part is that I was using the usb-uhci.c driver in 2.2.18pre15, and now in 2.2.18pre16 it stopped working for my mouse with no apparent change to either of the uhci drivers.
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