[gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Michael George]

I recently upgraded my system.  I'm running kernel 2.6.17-r7, which is
was I ran before the upgrade.  I was able to plug in my USB flash drive
and there would be a device, usually /dev/sdbX, which I could mount to
access the drive.

After the upgrade, I get this in /var/log/messages:
Jan 25 21:54:35 brego usb 4-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd
and address 7
Jan 25 21:54:35 brego usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

But nothing about a SCSI device being added to the system in the /dev
tree like I used to get.

I have hotplug-20040923 and udev-087-r1 installed on the system, and I
have not tweaked the udev configs or anything.

I've read the gentoo udev guide, but haven't seen anything helpful
there.

The system has usbcore, [eou]hci_hcd, usbcore modules loaded, but
usb_storage didn't load automatically.  When I loaded it by hand, the
device would work as normal.

What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed?

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[gentoo-amd64] Re: upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Duncan]

Michael George <george@mutualdata.com> posted
20070126030238.GA28900@brego.pewamo.office, excerpted below, on  Thu, 25
Jan 2007 22:02:38 -0500:

> I have hotplug-20040923 and udev-087-r1 installed on the system, and I
> have not tweaked the udev configs or anything.

This has been discussed... was it on the desktop list I saw it?  The
answer is that udev should really be blocking hotplug now, at least in the
newer versions (~arch is up to 104-r2, tho it looks like stable amd64 is
clear back on 87-r1), but isn't for some reason.  Try unmerging hotplug and
remerging udev, and see if that solves the issue.  It has for others.

The one thing that you might lose that way is autodetect and early setup
of your network, but most folks don't seem to have a problem with that, as
it's picked up later in the boot cycle anyway.  (The problems in fact seem
to generally be that hotplug is trying to setup networking too early, when
there is a problem, so again, getting it out of there fixes the problem.)

In any case, it's not as if hotplug is a long merge, if unmerging it
doesn't work for you, but the reports are all good that I've seen, and
certainly I've experienced no issues unmerging hotplug here, altho I'm
running ~amd64 so likely have newer versions of a lot of stuff than stable
amd64 users do.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Bob Sanders]

Michael George, mused, then expounded:
> 
> What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed?
>

Add it /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

Or simply compile into the kernel and be done with the problem.

Bob 
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Michael George]

On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:09:36AM -0800, Bob Sanders wrote:
> Michael George, mused, then expounded:
> > 
> > What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed?
> >
> 
> Add it /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
> 
> Or simply compile into the kernel and be done with the problem.

Ha, well, the brute force solution *would* work, but I want to know
*why* it didn't work as it should!  :)

Thank you for your suggestions, though, as they would solve the problem.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Adam James]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:04:41 -0500
Michael George <george@mutualdata.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:09:36AM -0800, Bob Sanders wrote:
> > Michael George, mused, then expounded:
> > > 
> > > What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed?
> > >
> > 
> > Add it /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
> > 
> > Or simply compile into the kernel and be done with the problem.
> 
> Ha, well, the brute force solution *would* work, but I want to know
> *why* it didn't work as it should!  :)

Is your kernel compiled with 'CONFIG_KMOD=y'?

-atj
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

[Michael George]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 03:18:44PM +0000, Adam James wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:04:41 -0500
> Michael George <george@mutualdata.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:09:36AM -0800, Bob Sanders wrote:
> > > Michael George, mused, then expounded:
> > > > 
> > > > What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Add it /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
> > > 
> > > Or simply compile into the kernel and be done with the problem.
> > 
> > Ha, well, the brute force solution *would* work, but I want to know
> > *why* it didn't work as it should!  :)
> 
> Is your kernel compiled with 'CONFIG_KMOD=y'?

Yes.

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