Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:40:14 +0800 From: "Sagara Wijetunga" <sagara@tomahawk.com.sg> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI device not created upon a CF card plug in Message-ID: <20090722074014.16439.qmail@us1.tomahawkonline.net> In-Reply-To: <E1MTZDd-00020n-Te@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <E1MTZDd-00020n-Te@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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Pete French writes: >> I have earlier posted my tests with Linux. All tests were done with same CF >> cards and the very same multi-card reader on the same computer. They work on >> Linux. That is, nothing wrong with the multi-card reader, it does it's job >> of signaling well. > > What makes you sure that Linux is using signalling ? It might be that > they recognise the card reader does not signal and simply poll it every > few seconds. > On Linux it does not take even a second, its instant. > Is it possible for you to use a non USB based card reader and see how > that performs ? > Almost all multi-card readers targeted for consumers are USB type. I'm not sure whether there are non-USB based multi-card readers available. Do USB multi-card readers work on FreeBSD in first place? Taking few seconds to create necessary device is alright, but asking people to reboot the computer after plug in a card is unacceptable. Regards Sagara
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