Re: USB Mass Storage devices continually reenumerate

Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Mike Nuss wrote:

> > You should try to track the host controller... it looks like device is
> > drawing to much power and it's getting disconnected. Maybe it's a bug
> > in controller side.
> >
> > Can you try this same devices with another linux box ??
> >
> 
> Yes, they work on another box, although I haven't tried with the same
> kernel, but it has failed with multiple kernel versions on the "bad"
> system. How could I determine if they're being disconnected for
> drawing too much power? I've been considering getting the Aardvark
> full-speed passive bus analyzer but I'm not sure that would be
> necessary or sufficient.

One way to check for too much power draw is to insert a powered hub 
between the device and the computer.

Alan Stern


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