Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 11:41:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> To: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status, USB/Olympus E-10 Message-ID: <200204131541.LAA12983@world.std.com>
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Hi, sorry so late with reply...
>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:31:47 +0200 (CEST)
>From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com>
>cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>,
> "freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Subject: Re: Status, USB/Olympus E-10
>
>Compile a kernel with UMASS_DEBUG (or load the module compile with
>CFLAGS+=-DUMASS_DEBUG) and send me the output of an attach. It should be
>possible to make it work.
Done at beginning...
>The fact that it reboots without reason is very very strange indeed. If
>that is the case, check that your machine is grounded properly. Static
>electricity nuked my Win2k box every once in a while when I did a sync
>with my Palm.
Grounding definitely not a problem; system doesn't panic
until I try to mount the device. Based on another message
thread in -stable ("very old bug") I wonder if it might be
related: the E-10 is supposedly a MS-DOS filesystem, & I
think it is readonly (not sure, though).
>Nick
-kc
>On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>
>> (cc'ed to -scsi)
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> A couple of committers & I were working last July (2001) with
>> support for the Olympus E-10 digital camera in FreeBSD. This
>> is a USB device.
>>
>> I just saw some commits in cam/scsi_da for Nikon & I'm wondering
>> what the situation is wrt Olympus?
>>
>> The problem I was having was that even though FreeBSD (then
>> 4.3-stable) would recognise the camera, if I tried to mount()
>> it the os would reboot(!) :(( No panic, no nothing, just a
>> hard freeze & rebooting. Obviously, this is Very Very Bad.
>>
>> I've seen Linux (2.4-something) working with this just fine.
>> Linux sees this camera as a SCSI device with a MS-DOS filesystem.
>>
>> I'm now running a 4.5-PRERELEASE & wonder if, assuming this
>> hasn't been fixed since 4.3, that this might be fixed in 4.5?
>> At least if the camera isn't/can't be supported in time (for
>> 4.5), is there some way we could at least protect the system
>> from the rebooting? I can probably help test.
>>
>> I'm thinking of filing a PR, but seek advice before doing that.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> -kc
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