Subject: Re: Help testing for USB ethernet/xHCI regression

From: Mark Lord <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:54:26 -0500

On 14-01-28 11:30 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 14-01-28 03:30 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> ..
>> Can you please pull this branch, which contains a 3.13 kernel with
>> David's patch reverted, and test whether your USB ethernet device works
>> or fails?
> 
> Fails.  dmesg log attached.
> All I do is something akin to this:
> 
>    mount /server/ /x
>    mount --bind / /t
>    mirrordir -v --strict-mtimes /t /x/backups/empress
> 
> "mirrordir" is similar to "rsync", but less cryptic.
> The sequence above maintains a clone of the root filesystem
> of my ultrabook ("empress") on an NFS server over GigE.
> 
>> Also, please double check to see if vanilla 3.13 works or fails.
> 
> Okay, will try that before bed.

Vanilla 3.13 does not appear to have the USB3 ethernet lockup issue,
and even USB3 hot-plug appears to be working again (was not working in 3.13-rc4).

Cheers
-- 
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
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