From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sun Aug 9 05:58:29 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B647599D664 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2015 05:58:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x234.google.com (mail-wi0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43C8A852 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2015 05:58:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by wibhh20 with SMTP id hh20so111312611wib.0 for ; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ykxOTyprzd29np+HqISJyWFIzb18AdmN+ezBtUyY8oE=; b=CRWw0Rqdl6KdarDa+xmq8QglDrdMUJUCEkcwxxLmWtV55ltml5jsctJ0HIz5HjIUIc NzMFpyiS/F1prNEybPg16Zj0JmY2SOiEsM65D8tOeaqZPOWk+cDtMoHI7pePZz6xYAYj fN5SeAKDV02Nh2pA2VpV7LsK7MqkqKw3tNAvMgC6nqvekXjt0v/vcdten0u5mD8EaVmx JSsshogIIDYkStB07UuR9eJ74aNT0NLtYbsmzxjbh8IHUC+OViIPgJ+Idw09tfLtHBIX 872ekBPCyL/ddfcdzpCafIL0+YG/RvmPAif7diYm0M2pC7Voy6GVdOT8JBbMuJxo17c0 wP7w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.20.15 with SMTP id j15mr12934276wie.76.1439099906878; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.34.161 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <410CF5C1-2BF7-45E8-9707-12F26C4D62A1@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <55BEC52A.6080901@egr.msu.edu> <268B6AD7-FCD8-4085-B479-DF8B319860B3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <99D5AABE-39D2-4471-B707-FA46CF631BEE@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <890410F7-32E1-4A30-B5F4-6940A78B9401@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 4TB Western Digital My Book 1230 USB hard drive not working on 10.2 From: Jack Vogel To: Paul Mather Cc: freebsd-stable , Adam McDougall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 05:58:29 -0000 Should give someone a clue, something in the usb code that 10.2 didn't get perhaps... Thanks, Jack On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Paul Mather < freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > On Aug 3, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Paul Mather > wrote: > > > On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jack Vogel wrote: > >> > >> Have you tried it on HEAD, and have you tried it on the same system > with some > >> recent flavor of Linux? > > > > No, and no. It's a good idea, though. I can try it this weekend, if I > can run each OS via a USB memstick. > > > Just to follow up on myself, I tried this external USB drive on a > 20150804-r286285 snapshot of FreeBSD/amd64 11-CURRENT on the same system, > as well as under Ubuntu 15.04. > > The 4 TB Western Digital My Book 1230 works under both those operating > systems. > > The drive is detected and works reliably when plugged in to a USB 2 port > on either 11-CURRENT or Ubuntu 15.04. It also works reliably when plugged > in to a USB 3 port on either OS, however, it isn't always detected reliably > under FreeBSD 11-CURRENT when unplugged and plugged in again (2 times out > of 3 attempts), but was detected every time without fail under Ubuntu 15.04. > > So, it appears the hardware is okay; it seems the problem may lie with > FreeBSD 10.2. > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > > > > > With this being such a commonplace drive, I'd hoped someone might pipe > up and say something along the lines of, "oh, you have to add USB quirk XYZ > to get that model working under FreeBSD." No such luck, it seems. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Paul. > > > >> > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Paul Mather < > freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu > > wrote: > >> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Alban Hertroys > wrote: > >> > >>> On 3 August 2015 at 15:01, Paul Mather < > freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu > > wrote: > >>>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Adam McDougall > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On 08/02/2015 21:22, Paul Mather wrote: > >>>>>> I have a 4TB external USB drive (Western Digital My Book 1230) that > I am trying to use under FreeBSD/amd64 10.2 (10.2-PRERELEASE #0 r286052: > Wed Jul 29 20:59:39 EDT 2015). This system has a MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX) > motherboard. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The drive probes unreliably when plugged in to a USB 3 port. It > reliably probes when plugged into a USB 2 port. However, it works in > neither cases. Attempting to dd from the drive results in a "dd: /dev/da0: > Invalid argument". > >>> > >>> FYI: I had been experiencing the same with a 2 TB WD MyBook on OS X > >>> (Mavericks). The drive was being used for Time Machine backups, but it > >>> would at irregular intervals it would just 'disconnect' itself. My > >>> guess is that there's a firmware problem in the USB3 chip in those > >>> drives. > >>> > >>> After trying to get the issue fixed for almost half a year I returned > >>> it and replaced it by a Seagate, which has been working flawlessly > >>> ever since. > >>> > >>> I'm just saying, perhaps the problem isn't with FreeBSD but with the > drive. > >> > >> > >> I'd love just to get to the "randomly disconnects" stage under FreeBSD > at this point. :-) > >> > >> Up to now, I have been unable to read ANY data off the drive under > FreeBSD, either via USB 2 or USB 3. :-( > >> > >> However, you have given me something to think about: does anyone know > of a 4 TB USB 2 or 3 drive that will work reliably under FreeBSD 10-STABLE > right now? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Paul. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing > list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable < > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable> > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > > >