From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 16:26:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A88106567A for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:26:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6B08FC1D for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so1939888gyg.13 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:26:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :organization:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=OJblS5kYhrI2u3iN5cqp3V8J/paLQEds77QTe3nKzVM=; b=mZk5+fTjGICzm1qqjnJjQ28wN+6G9qImH3BNH0v2dyIrO1HNvX6syDhQXWGPI3B9pe xGIc2d3+b3O4VQscVJBEK9+wvfGlH1BXYugkPdZGVgVL+CJ7mQlbtunKp11mqrNEi67F o/d6n+GrMC9Cq8guIgyL9rUSsJg58TlWFjDvI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:organization:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer; b=WrB9ysjKffeNNE0fkQVuaT5uy8Ywse53mU2b4b5+KpUE7UXpz/9lWEK+oHd7pMlhbS 9K8Omz0U7bkoqpgWbAUcPeAmk5GZwzMZWUp6CirfMcjiNxZa4OBaSUNUGaLwvsAEwCqf E70NmKuWIHmzv2oFPxAkbiQyes+57sdt/cZsw= Received: by 10.101.84.18 with SMTP id m18mr3302199anl.60.1282407983647; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu (adsl-152-64-246.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.64.246]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c38sm6856593anc.39.2010.08.21.09.26.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:26:23 -0700 (PDT) From: indulekha To: Hans Petter Selasky In-Reply-To: <201008211756.26486.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <20100821120316.GA3352@satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> <201008211718.21378.hselasky@c2i.net> <1282405038.2000.2.camel@satcidananda> <201008211756.26486.hselasky@c2i.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Organization: what, me organize? Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:26:21 -0400 Message-ID: <1282407981.2000.26.camel@satcidananda> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB HDD needs replugging? X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:26:24 -0000 On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 17:56 +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Saturday 21 August 2010 17:37:18 indulekha wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 17:18 +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > > Yes, there is a dmesg error: > > > >=20 > > > > ugen4.5: <(null)> at usbus4 (disconnected) > > > > uhub_reattach_port:435: could not allocate new device! > > > >=20 > > > > But then just a few lines later, dmesg says: > > > >=20 > > > > ugen4.5: at usbus4 > > > > umass1: on usb= us4 > > > > umass1: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks =3D 0x0000 > > > > umass1:3:1:-1: Attached to scbus3 > > > > da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0 > > > > da1: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device > > > > da1: 40.000MB/s transfers > > > > da1: 305245MB (625142448 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 38913C) > > > >=20 > > > > I'm thinking there's some sort of power management scheme in the > > > > Seagate that umass has trouble accommodating. > > >=20 > > > Does your USB device have a separate power supply? > > >=20 > > > --HPS > >=20 > > No, it's one of those pocket-sized HDDs. > > This one, actually: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SJZV10/ref=3Doss_product >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Try to use an external self-powered USB HUB and see if the problem is the= =20 > same. >=20 > --PS Sorry, don't have one of those.=20 Also, I really haven't been able to find much online about how to enable quirks, whether the quirks listed in the ouput of usbconfig are already in effect or just available for implementation, if there's some formula for creating them, whether any should be avoided, what is the exact command to enable or disable quirks, etc.=20 It's surprising how terribly scarce this knowledge seems to be. =20 All I know is spending Saturday morning screwing around with this was=20 not my plan. :) I'm not trying to become an expert on USB, just thought someone somewhere would see my post and say "oh yeah, just modify line n of file foo to *this* and off you go". Instead this is looking more like an adventure requiring hours and hours of reading I just don't have time for right now. But thanks for taking the time to try to help, I'm just not knowledgeable enough to make use of it yet. :)=20 --=20 caveat utilitor, Indi