Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:28:57 +0300 From: "Igor B. Bykhalo" <goshik@binep.ac.ru> To: "Tim Vanderhoek" <t.vanderhoek@utoronto.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: A-DATA flash drive: some oddities and how to add USB quirks Message-ID: <000501c3a09d$a44068a0$ea2ce9c1@binep.ac.ru> References: <20031101052319.GA46055@turquoise>
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From: "Tim Vanderhoek" <t.vanderhoek@utoronto.ca>
To: "Igor B. Bykhalo" <goshik@binep.ac.ru>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: A-DATA flash drive: some oddities and how to add USB quirks
> Were you able to get your A-DATA USB 2.0 SpeedDrive (256 MB flash drive)
> to work on FreeBSD? What quirks (if any) did you need to use.
In short: no, it isn't functioning still, but read on...
>
> I've got a Soyo 128MB drive here, but I suspect that the innards may
> be very similar. I'm hoping that whatever you used to get yours working
> will also work for mine
Is this a "CigarDrive"? If yes, then probably your are in
the same boat...
Actually, i took a "second round" attempt to make the thing work.
A week or two after my postings there were commits to usb and CAM
systems, after which the line in dmesg
> umass0: A-DATA Technology Inc. USB Mass Storage Device, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
changed into
> umass0: A-DATA Technology Inc. USB Mass Storage Device, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3, 8070i (ATAPI) over Bulk-Only
See this "8070i (ATAPI) over Bulk-Only" part? I have a bad feeling
that ATAPI can be a key word for my problems.
(Before someone asks: yes, atapicam was also compiled into
the kernel.)
Anyway, i decided to try some quirks not only for scsi_da.c, but also
for umass.c. To do so for my particular hardware, i had to add HW identifiers
to src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs and then to remake corresponding usbdevs* files
using makefile in this directory. The change was:
Index: /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs,v
retrieving revision 1.11.2.48
diff -c -r1.11.2.48 usbdevs
*** /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs 2 Sep 2003 14:35:17 -0000 1.11.2.48
--- /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs 11 Sep 2003 13:50:54 -0000
***************
*** 1002,1007 ****
--- 1002,1010 ----
product PROLIFIC PL2303 0x2303 PL2303 Serial adapter (ATEN/IOGEAR UC232A)
product PROLIFIC PL2305 0x2305 Parallel printer adapter
product PROLIFIC ATAPI4 0x2307 ATAPI-4 Bridge Controller
+ product PROLIFIC PL2515 0x2515 PL2515 Embedded hub
+ product PROLIFIC PL2517 0x2517 PL2517 Mass Storage Device
+
/* Putercom products */
product PUTERCOM UPA100 0x047e USB-1284 BRIDGE
Values initially were taken from the output of usbd -vv
Then i put some dummy quirk into umass.c - it only does
a printf() ("PL2517 quirk was applied"). It worked,
but something strange (to me) happened: message was
printed three times in a row! Well, possibly this
is not strange - i'm not a C person to read devices
probing code...
Then i tried some quirks mentioned here and there,
but to no avail... and here my "research" stopped
(lack of time).
So, until now the bottom line is:
If your device is made with PL-2515 chip - you'll probably
will have the same problems. Actually, i even opened mine,
and it really contains this Prolific chip.
Info on the chip:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/fr_pl2515.htm
Some technical info and Windows stuff is aviliable
via http://tech.prolific.com.tw
Sorry, this is all i have for now...
Device is still availiable, so in a week or two i'll
be able to put my hands on it again. Hints and suggestions
are welcome...
Igor
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