Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:44:38 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org>, Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: USB problems on 8.0-STABLE Message-ID: <201001130944.38750.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <44bpgzm0v1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001081737490.1449@Ace.nina.org> <201001121629.37439.freebsd@insightbb.com> <44bpgzm0v1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Tuesday 12 January 2010 5:09:38 pm Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> writes: > > > On Saturday 09 January 2010 06:11:45 pm Frank wrote: > >> On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Steven Friedrich wrote: > >> >> USB. > >> >> > >> >> I'm betting USB and I'm > >> >> > >> >>> thinking that maybe the driver you used to use hasn't been converted to > >> >>> the new USB system in 8-Stable. > >> >> > >> >> If that's the case it makes sense. I guess I'll just have to wait until > >> >> it's converted. > >> > > >> > Is it possible to boot one of your machines to an older release of > >> > FreeBSD, so you can discover what device driver you had been using, if > >> > any. Or any old logs may have the info. I haven't had an APC UPS, so > >> > I'm unfamiliar with apcupsd. > >> > >> Hope this is what you mean. > >> > >> On 7.2-STABLE the UPS attached to ugen0. It is the same now. > >> > >> P.S. Per the pkg-message directions I have commented out uhid in the > >> kernel config file, compiled and installed. Is this still necessary? > >> > >> -- > >> Frank > >> > > I think someone is going to have to update apcupsd with changes necessary to > > be compatible with FreeBSD 8's new USB arch. > > > > I haven't seen any documentation, white paper, etc., that discusses what > > changes would be needed. You could try sending an email to the port's > > maintainer... > > Another data point... > > I didn't pay much attention to it, but without changing my apcupsd > configuration, it "just worked" after upgrading from RELENG_7 to > RELENG_8, just a couple of days ago. > > I'm still running on a GENERIC kernel, but if I trim it down I'll keep > an eye out for problems. Same here. I suspect the problem is in apcupsd.conf. This is what I am using: UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb DEVICE -- John Baldwin
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