Re: module's parameters could not be set via sysfs in 2.6.11-rc1?

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Jan 13 2005 - 20:18:05 EST


On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:34:30PM +0300, Sergey S. Kostyliov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It looks like module parameters are not setable via sysfs in 2.6.11-rc1
>
> E.g.
> arise parameters # echo -en Y > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first
> -bash: /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first: Permission denied
> arise parameters # id
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel),11(floppy),20(dialout),26(tape),27(video)
> arise parameters #
> arise parameters # ls -la /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 13 22:22 /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first
> arise parameters #
>
> This is sad because it seems that my usb flash stick (transcebd jetflash)
> doesn't like new USB device initialization scheme introduced in 2.6.10.

I'm seeing the same problem here. I'll dig into it later tonight.

thanks,

greg k-h
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