Re: USB kernel / udev issue with Palm Treo 700p
Alan Stern <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | As near as I can tell, this shows that the kernel behaves the same way > | regardless of CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND, and all the problems seem to be caused > | either by the Treo itself or by the pilot-xfer program. > | > | Do you agree? While there may indeed be issues remaining to be fixed, > | none of them are directly connected with the kernel. > > I honestly do not know. I use two main 'client' programs -- jpilot and > pilot-xfer -- and neither communicates 'well' (in the sense of how being > equivalent to my old Handspring Visor and my Palm Tungsten C, or my wife's > Treo 300) with the Palm 700p. I do not know the kernel usb stack well enough > to assess who's fault this is -- the usb controller, the visor driver, the > kernel ... . I just know that my user experience is not anywhere near where > I'd like. Understandable. However at the start of this thread it was claimed that turning CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND off made the device work better, and now it seems that this isn't really true. So we may have been looking in the wrong direction. > It seems to me that the Palm 700p uses a variant of the communications > protocol. E.g. one of our older Linux workstations doesn't even recognise > it, yet has worked flawlessly for years with the 700p. > > What's your take? You're probably right. My suggestion is to get in touch with the people who maintain the jpilot and pilot-xfer programs. They may be able to offer more help than I can. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel