Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:06:45 -0700 From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: "'John Baldwin'" <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: usbd not opening all usb busses for event watching. Message-ID: <001601c575db$f8527bd0$0b2a15ac@SMILEY> In-Reply-To: <200506201619.07579.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org]=20 > On Thursday 26 May 2005 12:42 am, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > I appear to be running up against the hard-coded limit of four > > usb hubs in usbd. The problems were devices not attaching > > properly. The machines in question are a new notebook with > > four USB 2.0 ports and an older desktop with onboard USB 1.1 > > and a USB 2.0 card. The notebook produces 5 hubs and the > > desktop produces 7. > > > > The problems disappeared after I increased MAXUSBDEV to match > > the number of hubs present. This isn't really a bug, so I > > wasn't sure if send-pr was appropriate. Should I file a PR > > for this? >=20 > Actually, it does sound like a bug. :) I would file a PR and=20 > then post a message with the PR to usb@FreeBSD.org as that is > the list of folks who look after the USB code. I filed a PR, with a patch to bump up MAXUSBDEV to 40. The PR was closed and I was told devd will be replacing usbd, so usbd will be allowed to rot in the tree. I guess a one-line change to completely fix severe brokenness in a well-established program is too much trouble.
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