Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:46:34 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System hanging, error messages with USB drive on FreeBSD 8.1 Message-ID: <4E5A62DA.8080501@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <201108281521.JAA07337@lariat.net> References: <201108272301.RAA02327@lariat.net> <20110828074337.aca652f9.freebsd@edvax.de> <201108281521.JAA07337@lariat.net>
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On 8/28/2011 11:20 AM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:43 PM 8/27/2011, Polytropon wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this will help you, but I also had similar >> problems with a Kingston USB stick (normal storage stick, >> no removable microSD card). It didn't work on any of my >> FreeBSD systems. So I finally returned it to the shop and >> got a Sony USB stick instead - no problems, works fine. >> >> So this is my assumption: Some hardware vendors maybe >> improperly implement the USB protocol in their devices, > > A Web search reveals that there are dozens which apparently > have problems with FreeBSD, while Windows has problems with > none of them. This leads me to believe that the problem is > in FreeBSD, not the hardware. The vendors most probably write their own drivers for windows. They do not for FreeBSD and its best effort for FreeBSD. I have yet to come across a USB umass device that needs a quirks setting to make it work. But I am sure there are many out there as there are dozens of different vendors/OEMs out there of all sorts of quality. Having to deal with the edge cases using a single command is perfectly acceptable to me. If setting a quirks value for FreeBSD is not workable for you, perhaps Windows is a better choice for your use. ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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