From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 14:03:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986FB16A4CE for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 14:03:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com (mxfep02.bredband.com [195.54.107.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DB443D2D for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 14:03:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from scode.mine.nu ([83.226.138.17] [83.226.138.17]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20040514210315.IHCG14728.mxfep02.bredband.com@scode.mine.nu>; Fri, 14 May 2004 23:03:15 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scode.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EBF1585EF; Fri, 14 May 2004 23:05:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Schuller To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 23:05:50 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040514194835.GH85035@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <20040514194835.GH85035@iib.unsam.edu.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405142305.50336.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> cc: Fernan Aguero Subject: Re: USB Storage devices (Cigar/Pen) in FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 21:03:17 -0000 Hello, > I'd like to buy one of those USB storage devices that come > in different aspects (cigar/pen) and sizes (64/128/256/512 > MB). > > My main machine does not have USB 2.0 ports (but does have > USB 1) and is running FreeBSD-4.9 > > Do these devices work with FreeBSD-4.9? What kernel options > should I enable? FreeBSD does have support for USB mass storage, so assuming it's a standard USB mass storage device, it should work. The biggest hassle in my experience is choosing a USB2 controller that works, if you want USB 2.0. On my laptop I have an intel controller, "82801DB/DBM (ICH4/M)" according to pciconf -v -l, and it does work with USB 2 devices on CURRENT. However on 5.2 and below the controller dies when I insert a USB 2 device; though USB 1 works fine. Before the controller started working on CURRENT I went ahead and bought some random USB 2 controller for a stationary machine, since I was unable to find information on what works and what doesn't, but it turned out to not work either (in that I get 'weird' behavior in general; some times devices aren't detected and sometimes I can even get panics). This is on 5.2 though, I haven't tried CURRENT on that machine. It's a Via VT6202 based controller. So in short I think your best bet is to try to make sure you have a controller (built-in on the motherboard or otherwise) that is supported. Unfortunately I can't tell you what works and what doesn't, since I was unable to find that out myself. > if you want to boot from the device. Otherwise I've not > found anything interesting. Perhaps this is just because > they work 'out of the box' and there are no quirks or issues > that merit attention. I don't know about booting off them though. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org