On Mon, 17 Jun 2013, Andrew McNaughton <andrewmcnnz@gmail.com> wrote:
I would have thought it does matter. If the problem was USB causing an interupt storm (and that was also my first thought from your description) then no amount of changing the file system is going to help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microkernel I think that the real solution to that class of problems is to use GNU HURD. A monolithic kernel system such as Linux will always be susceptible to bugs in one area affecting others. The bug of unregulated log messages is annoying (and in this case disruptive) but things could be worse. There have been attacks developed to hack a PC via a hostile USB stick that exploits a driver bug. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/