From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 21:12:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B941937B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59AD643F3F for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4289572FDC; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412CF72FD1; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Scott Mitchell In-Reply-To: <20030605194549.GD7355@tuatara.fishballoon.org> Message-ID: <20030605211016.F90750@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030605194549.GD7355@tuatara.fishballoon.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: umass device support...how generic is it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 04:12:19 -0000 On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Scott Mitchell wrote: > Is there any point in reporting specific devices that work with umass(4) > any more, or is the assumption these days that anything that will work on a > Windows or Linux box, without additional drivers, will also work on > FreeBSD? The cheapo 'pen drive' that I picked up on ebay yesterday > surprised me by just working, with no pain whatsoever... I'm wondering if > maybe I shouldn't be so surprised by these small victories :-) The umass device driver grabs anything that claims to be a mass storage device class. The only time things need to be reported is if they need quirks due to unusual behavior. If it just works, say no more. :) > If it is true that pretty much everything just works, the manpage and > hardware list should probably be updated -- right now the manpage gives the > impression that only a few devices are supported. I'll put together a PR > unless someone in the know tells me I'm totally wrong about this. It could use some clarification. it was written when USB devices were rare and generally confined to use on the new Apple product called the iMac. :-) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org