FC5 kernel update to 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 causing USB broadband problems

[Kam Leo]

On 6/25/06, William Murray <W.J.Murray at rl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > > Don't complain to the list when you know the cause and have a
> > > work-around. File a bug report so that the developer knows that
> > he/she
> > > screwed up.
> >
> > I plan to. I just want to know if it has affected anyone else first.
>
> Yes! My USB modem doesn't work. It connects (with eciadsl) and seems
> to set up a route properly, but the 'host' command fails immediately
> after and then it locks up, 100% solid. Needs to be powered down by
> hand, and I have reverted to an earlier kernel.
>
>   And I didn't see a 'known cause' here. Knowing the kernel causes
> trouble is hardly 'know the cause'
>            Bill

The OP knows that by reverting to the previous kernel his modem
works. With that knowledge, the change log or a diff of the old and
new kernel source code one can pin point the cause.