Bug#283852: not compiling ub.ko? breaks usb-storage
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:07:19PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> Package: kernel-source-2.6.9
> Severity: normal
>
> I don't know if this affects all systems but according to google
> I'm at least not the only one. And a little rant on IRC immediatly
> yield some "/me too" results.
>
> Since 2.6.9 hotplug tries to use the ub module to handle devices previously
> handled by usb-storage (e.g. memory sticks). This has at least two drawbacks:
> At least if using a static /dev this fails miserably since the necessary
> devices aren't there by default. And according to the mails I found on google
> it is slower than usb-storage, too. Since the only solution seems to be to
> not compile ub.ko at all (simply unloading it and loading usb-storage doesn't
> work) I would vote for not compiling it by default if there aren't any good
> reasons against it. We were fine without it before ;)
Would blacklisting it in hotplug be a solution? I had only trouble with
ub so far on a power book.
-- Guido
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