usb causing 5.3 release/stable crash?

[david uy]

Okay, another case of replying to self ....

Got a proper panic message this morning:

panic: uchi_abort_xfer : not in process context

Anybody seen one of these before?  Possible solutions?

David

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:23:43 +0800, david uy <dave.uy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I connect to the office machine via serial modem after office hours
> and encountered no problems until I tried using one of those USB to
> Serial adapters - I could connect alright but for less than 24 hours.
> It's okay during the weekdays but the office machine would hang over
> the weekend. Had to press the reset button.  Unfortunately, it
> wouldn't boot anymore.  Reinstalled 5.3-release today.  And it's down
> after 4 hours remote dialin access.
> 
> I used 5.3-stable from sometime December 2004 which worked well until
> I started using an ATEN UC-232 USB -> Serial adapter, serial modem and
> mgetty.  I read somewhere that /dev/ucom# would be replaced by
> /dev/cuaU# - might that be the solution to my problem?
> 
> Dave
>