Re: [linux-usb-devel] Genesys USB 2.0 enclosures

[Alan Stern]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Jan De Luyck wrote:

> Hello lists,
> 
> (a mail for the archives)
> 
> I've posted in the past about problems with these enclosures - increasing the 
> delay seems to fix it, albeit temporarily. The further you go in using the 
> disk in such an enclosure, the higher the udelay() had to be - atleast that's 
> what I'm seeing here (I've got two of these now :/ )
> 
> One permanent fix is adding a powered USB-hub in between the drive enclosures 
> and the computer. Since I've done that, I've no longer seen any of the 
> problems (i've attached the 'fault' log). Weird but true, since the drives 
> come with their own powersupply.
> 
> Hope this helps anyone in the future running into the same problem.

This one certainly goes into the Bizarro file.

Just out of curiosity -- when you use the powered hub, does the drive work 
even if you remove that delay completely?

Alan Stern

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