From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:27:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A6C16A423; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:27:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9CB43DBB; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:17:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1058361328; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:16:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D1A5C985; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:49:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D132567E9; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:48:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F5316A571; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:47:46 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D8D16A4CE; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:25:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF8D43D46; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:25:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j041OqpR049651; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:54:53 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <20050103205820.GA74545@users.altadena.net> In-Reply-To: <20050103205820.GA74545@users.altadena.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3259999.9hXfszB5tT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200501041154.51256.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, Pete Carah , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec USB2Xchange X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:27:59 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:54:39 +1030 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:27:59 -0000 --nextPart3259999.9hXfszB5tT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:28, Pete Carah wrote: > I have reason to use a USB to SCSI adapter under FBSD. I have a > USB2Xchange from Adaptec, but (as usual for adaptec) it requires a firmwa= re > load, which appears harder in usb than in PCI. Does anyone know how to do > this? (Should we have a generic firmware loader similar in concept to the > ndis converter?) There is a USB firmware standard called DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) which= =20 quite a nunmber of devices use (eg Atmel WiFi, Ti USB Audio, etc). I have a USB audio device that uses it but I haven't had much luck getting = the=20 USB stack to reprobe the device after it's been reprogrammed (I have to pul= l=20 the connector out enough that it disconnects the data lines but not enough = to=20 unpower it..) Unfortunatly it's hard to say if your device does DFU at all.. I would sugg= est=20 pulling it apart and trying to find data sheets on the chips in it. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart3259999.9hXfszB5tT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB2fBj5ZPcIHs/zowRAg9CAJ92XfbRJR0t7/6EVmVjqn4IgexQvgCfY0QR 5Tf9DA1odYCILf26t2bTAPQ= =BYjV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3259999.9hXfszB5tT--