From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 29 10:11:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC9D1065695 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CFF8FC08 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-241-169-177.bna.bellsouth.net [74.241.169.177]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8TABUwn076511 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:11:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <200909291435.08797.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200909280009.28658.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <1254062842.2048.1467.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <200909280052.n8S0qCpL032199@lava.sentex.ca> <200909291435.08797.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:11:24 -0500 Message-Id: <1254219084.2248.982.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RDNS_DYNAMIC,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Excessivly cheap USB device issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:11:34 -0000 On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 14:35 +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > >I also have a similar device, which I've been messing with a bit the > > >last couple of days. In your case, it isn't seeing the media, just > > > the "drive". I've had to try various combinations of unplugging > > > the adapter from usb, inserting the media then plugging it back in. > > > It does seem to work fairly reliably if you boot with the media > > > already inserted, but it doesn't seem to detect media change at > > > all. > > > > I get around it (on my cheap reader) by always doing a > > cat /dev/null > /dev/da1 > > whever I change or insert new media into the reader > > > > That seems to work with the gear I have 99% of the time. > > Hmm OK, I sort of expected fdisk da1 to fail straightaway though (it > takes ~30 seconds to fail for me). > > I have unplugged it for now, it interacts annoyingly with SANE because > that scans the SCSI bus(es) looking for scanner and each umass takes > 30+ seconds to fail. FWIW, on yesterdays kernel, mine seems to be working properly and detecting media change. I'm not sure what change helped. Note that I am running -CURRENT. robert. -- Robert Noland FreeBSD