From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 3 13:34:53 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF3D337B401; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:34:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from nomad.eng.cstone.net (nomad.eng.cstone.net [209.145.66.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2187143EB2; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:34:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wer@cstone.net) Received: from cstone.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nomad.eng.cstone.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h03LYjPt002606; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:34:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wer@cstone.net) Message-ID: <3E1601F5.6F5BA96F@cstone.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:34:45 -0500 From: William E Reid X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Lambermont Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spontaneous 4.7-S reboots when using a Serial over USB adapter References: <20021103220206.GA575@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> <20021116173855.GA651@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have noticed that if I disconnect the serial port from my usb to serial adapter and leave the dongle in(Aten International Serial adapter, SiS 5571 usb controller), my machine will reset as soon as I [Attempt to] send data from the usb side. So maybe you are losing carrier signal sometime during the transfer. Another machine with a Via 83C572 USB controller does the same thing. Sis is running 4.7 Stable from Jan 2 2003. Via is running 4.6 Stable from Aug 23 2002. -=Bill Hans Lambermont wrote: > Some more info: setting the serial line speed from 115200 baud down to > 9600 does not help; after a few minutes syncing my palmpilot I got > another reboot. Is anyone succesfully using a Prolific Technology PL2303 > Serial adapter with a 82801CA/CAM ICH3 USB controller ? > Any hints are welcome. > > I got no response yet to my previous mail: > > > I'm seeing spontaneous reboots when using a Prolific Technology PL2303 > > Serial adapter (this is a serial to USB convertor) for a palm-pilot full > > backup (using pilot-xfer) on one of my FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE machines. > > The reboots are reproduceable. Nothing shows up in the logs. > > Small data transfers, like syncing my addressbook, go without problems. > > > > Here is the problem-box relevant dmesg log: > > > > FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #2: Sat Oct 26 16:36:31 CEST 2002 > > uplcom0: Prolific Technology PL2303 Serial adapter (ATEN/IOGEAR UC232A), rev 1.10/2.02, addr 2 > > uhci0: port 0xb400-0xb41f irq 9 at device 4.2 on pci0 > > usb0: on uhci0 > > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > > > > My other FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE machine runs the backup without problems > > using the same PL2303 Serial adapter (and palm pilot ;-). > > > > FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Sat Oct 26 19:16:48 CEST 2002 > > uplcom0: Prolific Technology PL2303 Serial adapter (ATEN/IOGEAR UC232A), rev 1.10/2.02, addr 2 > > uhci0: port 0x1800-0x181f irq 10 at device 29.0 on pci0 > > usb0: on uhci0 > > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > > > > But it has a different USB controller chipset. > > > > Is this perhaps a known issue with the 82801CA/CAM ICH3 USB controller ? > > regards, > Hans Lambermont > -- > http://lambermont.webhop.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message