From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:27:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF3416A422; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:27:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D6143DCA; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:17:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A57B36133A; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:16:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A763C5C907 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:00:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737995736B; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431C816A542; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:59:40 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7574716A4CE; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:58:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from users.altadena.net (users.altadena.net [207.151.161.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ACEF43D3F; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:58:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pete@users.altadena.net) Received: from pete by users.altadena.net with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ClZHQ-000Jpq-3x; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:58:20 -0800 From: Pete Carah To: hardware@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050103205820.GA74545@users.altadena.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: Subject: Adaptec USB2Xchange X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:27:58 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:58:20 -0800 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:27:58 -0000 I have reason to use a USB to SCSI adapter under FBSD. I have a USB2Xchange from Adaptec, but (as usual for adaptec) it requires a firmware load, which appears harder in usb than in PCI. Does anyone know how to do this? (Should we have a generic firmware loader similar in concept to the ndis converter?) A not-as-preferred alternative would be a PC card scsi unit; this won't work on the desktop computers, though. For my immediate application (streaming tape) I could tolerate a userland driver under ugen. For disks this wouldn't work without a more general kernel block-device structure (or a userland link back to the cam/xpt layer, analogous to the tunnel net driver, which couldn't be *too* hard and could be desirable). Kernel attach message is: ugen0: Adaptec product 0x2002, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2 My kernel has ugen/umass/uhid/ums/ucom/uplcom/umodem compiled in, so this (which should show somewhere?) isn't being recognized. 1. Has anyone else tried this (or wanted to...)? 2. Absent a way to use this device, what would work (I know about slimscsi; it is less desirable since I can't use it on my desktop systems)? -- Pete _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"