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On Saturday, 9 January 2021 15:33:12 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm still working on reviving my old Thinkpad T61. I have it booting without
> X, but syslog-ng is repeating these lines every second or so. Does anyone
> recognise them?
>
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: *** thread awakened
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: Command TEST_UNIT_READY (6 bytes)
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: bytes: 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x8d L 0 F 0 Trg 0
> LUN 0 CL 6
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: xfer 31 bytes
> Jan 9 15:24:56 tpad kernel: Status code 0; transferred 31/31
>
> The same also happens if no network devices have been started.

I didn't quote all of it. This is more complete:

Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: *** thread awakened
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Command TEST_UNIT_READY (6 bytes)
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: bytes: 00 00 00 00 00 00
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x8c L 0 F 0 Trg 0
LUN 0 CL 6
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: xfer 31 bytes
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Status code 0; transferred 31/31
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: -- transfer complete
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Bulk command transfer result=0
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Attempting to get CSW...
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: xfer 13 bytes
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Status code 0; transferred 13/13
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: -- transfer complete
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Bulk status result = 0
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: Bulk Status S 0x53425355 T 0x8c R 0 Stat 0x0
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: scsi cmd done, result=0x0
Jan 9 15:36:31 tpad kernel: *** thread sleeping


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Regards,
Peter.

Hi,

Le 09/01/21 à 16:33, Peter Humphrey a tapoté :
> I'm still working on reviving my old Thinkpad T61. I have it booting
> without X, but syslog-ng is repeating these lines every second or so.
> Does anyone recognise them?
>

Check if your kernel is built with (if so, disable it) :

> ? CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG:
> ?
> ? Say Y here in order to have the USB Mass Storage code generate
> ? verbose debugging messages.
> ?
> ? Symbol: USB_STORAGE_DEBUG [=n]
> ? Type : bool
> ? Prompt: USB Mass Storage verbose debug
> ? Location:
> ? -> Device Drivers
> ? -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y])
> ? -> USB Mass Storage support (USB_STORAGE [=y])
> ? Defined at drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig:26
> ? Depends on: USB_SUPPORT [=y] && USB [=y] && USB_STORAGE [=y]

On Saturday, 9 January 2021 17:44:10 GMT netfab wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 09/01/21 à 16:33, Peter Humphrey a tapoté :
> > I'm still working on reviving my old Thinkpad T61. I have it booting
> > without X, but syslog-ng is repeating these lines every second or so.
> > Does anyone recognise them?
>
> Check if your kernel is built with (if so, disable it) :
> > ? CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG:

Damn! I was sure I'd left all debug options switched off. That seems to have
been it. I'm just recompiling now; it takes about 25 minutes, down from 35
since I slotted an SSD in to replace the 13-y-o spinner.

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Regards,
Peter.