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Date:      Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:06:12 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com>
Subject:   Re: Detecting cards in USB card reader
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002101257140.15844@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <201002101753.59159.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
References:  <201002061511.11639.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <201002062328.27744.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <4B6EA394.5050604@gmx.com> <201002101753.59159.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>

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On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Mike Clarke wrote:
> It does seem a pity though that we have to rely on the side effect of
> having no support for writing to block devices instead of having a
> specific means of detecting or checking for a media change in the card
> reader.

I agree that attempting a write to an unsuspecting device to signal a 
media change just looks wrong.

usbconfig -d 3.3 reset seemed to work with my Sandisk card reader just 
now.  This is still a side effect, but doesn't look as bad.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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