Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:06:04 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with built-in USB memory card reader Message-ID: <200701032106.l03L64pr000540@oak.pohoyda.family> In-Reply-To: <44sles6jpp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> (message from Lowell Gilbert on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:36:34 -0500) References: <200701012217.l01MHciY000672@oak.pohoyda.family> <44sles6jpp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert writes: > Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> writes: > > > Everything works perfect if the system is started with a memory card > > inserted into the reader. > > > > The problem arises when the system is started without the memory card > > inserted. Since the reader is built-in (permanently attached to the > > motherboard), it is detected by the system at startup and no umass > > device is created. Inserting a memory card at some later time has no > > visible effect whatsoever. > > > > I'm using the 5.4 release. Is there a solution for this? > > USB handling would be better in a more recent release of FreeBSD, but > I think you should be getting the basic da(4) device, just not the > slices (which aren't there yet) if the medium isn't available at > boot. Is that the case? [I haven't done this in a while, and don't > have access to a card reader at the moment.] Yes, exactly. If no memory cards were inserted at the boot, only da(4) devices are created and inserting/removing memory cards afterwards has no visible effect. This behavior is well known also for external USB card readers, but those are easily detached/re-attached which triggers their re-scanning. I'm asking because Ms Windows somehow gets the insertion event and mounts the memory card automatically. So that is be possible. Does anybody know how that is done? -- Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net> PGP Key fingerprint: 7F C9 CC 5A 75 CD 89 72 15 54 5F 62 20 23 C6 44
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