Re: 2.6.9-rc4 USB storage problems

From: bert hubert
Date: Tue Oct 12 2004 - 12:56:59 EST


On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:24:59PM +0200, Wolfgang Scheicher wrote:
>
> I'm sorry for not being able to track down the issue better:
>
> if i mount my usb-stick ( Sandisk Micro 256MB, USB2.0, FAT ), write a file
> (for example 4MB) to it and unmount or sync, then there is a lot of activity
> on the stick, but the unmount or sync doesn't finish ( waited > 10 Minutes -
> should not take more than 1-2 sec ).

Can you run vmstat 1 during this process - so start vmstat 1 before umount,
and then umount but leave it running.

> any hints? any patches i shall try?

Please provide dmesg output, and vmstat 1.

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