Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 20:26:21 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to use an external USB3.0 drive with 4k sectors? Message-ID: <06FDC7DD-6794-43CB-BAFE-E70DE23DCA7E@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <20120531155704.GA2828@schweikhardt.net> References: <20120531155704.GA2828@schweikhardt.net>
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On 31 May 2012, at 17:57, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> wrot= e: > hello, world\n >=20 > so I decided to try two HW technology advancements in one go. > I have a brand new shiny 1TB USB3.0 external disk, that when plugged > to an USB2(two!) reports >=20 > da5 at umass-sim2 bus 2 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 > da5: <ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 0000> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da5: 40.000MB/s transfers > da5: 953869MB (244190646 4096 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 15200C) >=20 > and > # diskinfo -v da5 > da5 > 4096 # sectorsize > 1000204886016 # mediasize in bytes (931G) > 244190646 # mediasize in sectors > 0 # stripesize > 0 # stripeoffset > 15200 # Cylinders according to firmware. > 255 # Heads according to firmware. > 63 # Sectors according to firmware. > 00A123456789 # Disk ident. >=20 >=20 > (The vendor, Jmicron, has put an NTFS on it, with a disk manual as a pdf f= ile. > Strangely, I cannot mount it with > # ll /dev/da5* > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 236 May 31 15:05 /dev/da5 > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 237 May 31 15:05 /dev/da5s1 > # mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/da5s1 /mnt > mount_ntfs: /dev/da5s1: Invalid argument > ) >=20 > When I plug it to one of the two USB3.0 ports (using the xhci driver), I > don't get device nodes in /dev created for it, but instead an ever > growing list of >=20 > ugen4.2: <Jmicron Corp.> at usbus4 > umass2: <Jmicron Corp. Usb production, class 0/0, rev 2.10/1.00, addr 1= > on usbus4 > ugen4.2: <Jmicron Corp.> at usbus4 (disconnected) > umass2: at uhub4, port 4, addr 1 (disconnected) >=20 > The USB3.0 ports otherwise work fine with a 16BG USB3.0 Stick. Windows 7 > can use the disk as well on the USB3.0 port, which makes me look for > things I have missed. For example, my kernel config is stripped down > quite a bit, so it might be that my custom kernel does not have all the > necessary drivers built in or kldloaded. Do I need "device ada"? What is > the magic needed to hook up 4k secotr drives via USB3.0? >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Jens > --=20 > Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ > SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" Logic dictates that you try with GENERIC, see if that works any better ;)=
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