Usbat2 January 2005

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Re: USBAT 0.5.4 for Linux 2.6
by jdpinnj＠optonline.net 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Hi Daniel - I am a late comer to the 2.6 kernel. This is my first go at trying to get the device to work here. I did get the device working with the 2.4.25 kernel using the old usbat-02.20031116.tar.gz file. Logging should now be complete. I have made the edit to shuttle_usbat.c and recompiled/reinstalled the modules. The activity is: 01:10:35 plug in 01:11:06 mount /cf (as type vfat) 1:12:01 mkdir /cf/test 01:12:31 ls -lat /cf - this is the proper output. total 21 drwxr--r-- 2 root root 2048 Jan 28 01:12 test drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Jan 28 01:12 . drwxr--r-- 3 root root 2048 Jan 28 01:03 dcim drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. 01:13:29 umount /cf 01:13:49 mount /cf 01:14 ls -lat /cf total 33 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . 01:14:53 umount /cf 01:15:08 touch /dev/sda1 01:15:24 mount /cf 01:15:52 cp /tmp/x /cf (md5 sum shows files are the same) 01:16 ls -lat /cf total 1929 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1940818 Jan 28 01:15 x drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Jan 28 01:15 . drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Jan 28 01:15 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. 01:16:46 umount /cf 01:17:03 mount /cf 01:17 ls -lat /cf total 33 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 26 20:35 .. drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . drwxr--r-- 4 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . 01:29:04 umount /cf 01:29:40 mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda1 01:30:23 mount /dev/sda1 (mistake - tries to mount a vfat filesystem amd fails) 01:30:47 mount /dev/sda1 /cf 01:31:18 ls -lat /cf - fails ls: reading directory /cf: Input/output error total 0 I have made ext2 and ext3 filesystems on /dev/sda1, but these will not mount. This is repeatable on two CF cards that work against my old 2.4.25 kernel. Thanks. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Drake <dsd(a)gentoo.org> Date: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:24 am Subject: Re: USBAT 0.5.4 for Linux 2.6 > Hi, > > jdpinnj(a)optonline.net wrote: > > Sorry to throw a wrench into the works. Copying files from the > device works like a charm. However, writing to the device has > problems. Attached are logs. > > Have you tried any other media, or different filesystems? > > Could you please make the change to the source code that I asked > Jon to do > (line 943, 0x08 --> 0x40) > > Your logs aren't complete either :( > dmesg is complete but has no timestamps. > "everything" doesn't contain kernel debug messages, "kernel" only > contains > some of them, plus starts halfway through your session at 21:26... > Please make sure both usb storage verbose debug and usb debug are > enabled, and > configure your logger to log all messages. > > Which is the last version that worked for you? > > Daniel >

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Re: USBAT 0.5.4 for Linux 2.6
by jdpinnj＠optonline.net 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Sorry to throw a wrench into the works. Copying files from the device works like a charm. However, writing to the device has problems. Attached are logs. The activity is: 21:17 Attach ZIO with card to USB 21:18 mount /cf 21:19 mkdir /cf/test 21:19 ls -l /cf produces correct output bash-2.05b$ ls -l /cf total 4 drwxr--r-- 3 jim users 2048 Jan 26 21:10 dcim drwxr--r-- 2 jim users 2048 Jan 26 21:19 test 21:20 umount /cf 21:21 mount /cf 21:22 ls -l /cf produces no directory listing bash-2.05b$ ls -l /cf total 0 21:24 umount /cf 21:25 remove ZIO from USB 21:26 Attach ZIO with card to USB 21:28 mount /cf bash-2.05b$ ls -l /cf total 0 Thanks. Jim Pace ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Drake <dsd(a)gentoo.org> Date: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:37 pm Subject: Re: USBAT 0.5.4 for Linux 2.6 > Jon Lapham wrote: > > The Mudvillians are happy once again! > > > > I did not even need to "touch /dev/sda". > > > > I attached the logs anyway, just in case there is anything > interesting > > there for you. > > > > 16:18 plug in device > > 16:19 add the 48MB card, and successfully copy a bunch of photos > > 16:20 umount /dev/sda1 > > 16:21 unplug device > > > > Sweet, thanks. Even though your device claimed that no data was > ready to be > transferred, it had no problem transferring the device information > when we > asked it to anyway. It's odd how all our devices have these subtle > differences... > This solves the last remaining issue. (There have been reports of > delays on > media change but I'm not in any major rush to get this fixed right > now.) I'm > going to sort out some patches and submit them to linux-usb for > review. > Thanks, > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Usbat2 mailing list > Usbat2(a)lists.lysator.liu.se > http://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/usbat2 >

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USBAT 0.5.4 for Linux 2.6
by Daniel Drake 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hi, Sorry for the lack of activity lately. Preperation for Gentoo's first 2005 release has kept me busy. Anyway, this release is primarily for Jon. I previously added in a check, where it checked that the device advertises that data is ready before reading the partition table, as this solved a bug I was happening. But it looks like Jon's device doesn't advertise that this is ready (it doesnt report failure though). So I've relaxed this check in hope that the data can be read anyway... Jon, please test. http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/usbat2/usbat02-2.6-0.5.4.tar.gz?download Also, if people are still experiencing delays when changing media, please provide me with full debugging info. Preferably in the format I mentioned a few releases ago, with 60 seconds between each "event". The way that Jon did this in his last report was perfect, thanks :) Cheers, Daniel

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Yes!!!
by Lindsay Haisley 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Just upgraded to kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 and applied the usbat2 patches. Works like a champ with dbus/hald running, most of the time. Sometimes I get a hang if I insert the media into the card reader after the latter is already plugged into a USB port, and sometimes not. I've been able to recover by unplugging the reader and re-plugging it with the card inserted. The card reader doesn't want to see my Lexar 40x High-speed CF card, but it sees older CF cards fine. This is probably a hardware issue and I probably need to upgrade to a newer reader. This is an Delkin Devices eFilm CF Reader-Writer and is several years old, so it may be that it just can't handle the newer cards. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at 512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> http://www.fmp.com | dandelions" | | (Pamela Jones) |

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USBAT 0.5.3 for Linux 2.6
by Daniel Drake 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hi, Thanks for the reports on 0.5.2.. This should fix Geoff's issue and maybe Jon's too. If it doesn't work, please send me full debug log as usual. If you got 0.5.2 to compile ok, then you won't need to zap your kernel sources in order to use this one :) http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/usbat2/usbat02-2.6-0.5.3.tar.gz?download Thanks, Daniel

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Re: USBAT 0.5.3 for Linux 2.6
by Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

YES!!! Spot on Daniel! 0.5.3 on a clean 2.6.9 kernel works absolutely perfect (in the true sense of the word). What is even better than expected is that I don't need to "touch" anything (including /dev/sda ;P ). This is probably thanks to HAL+DBUS. If I plug in the reader with card "Imagemate SDDR-0" appears in Nautilus in "Computer://". Plugin in empty reader and later plugin in cf-card also gives me this. Detaching the the reader removes the entry from Computer://. I have browsed through /var/log/{messages,debug}, and have found nothing indicating any errors :) I have no more cut-n-paste problems. This is all on a fresh Dropline Gnome 2.8.2 on Slackware 10 install. Cheers kamstrup PS: Aunt Tillie is ready for some action! :) -- Errol Von Kraftstein killed a charming man with Luisella Grotingstein who Wingam MacJohnson thinks is intelligent

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Re: USBAT 0.5.3 for Linux 2.6
by Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

> Mix me up with flour and eggs, bake me in hot oven and call me a muffin !!!! > > He's right !!! :) Well; shovel a dvd-drive in my mouth, put me in a Darth Vader outfit, and call me an X-Box !!!! Yes, I am !!! :) //kamstrup -- Errol Von Kraftstein killed a charming man with Luisella Grotingstein who Wingam MacJohnson thinks is intelligent

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USBAT 0.5.2 for Linux 2.6
by Daniel Drake 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi, Sorry that the last release wouldn't compile. I actually finished it a few days before I released it, but was busy, so I released it a few days later and did not test it at time of release. This means that someone must have tampered with my source code in that time period, and there is only one person who has been near my property in that time: I conclude that Santa Claus modified the code after I finished but before I released it. Lucky he only turns up once a year so this probably won't happen again any time soon :) http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/usbat2/usbat02-2.6-0.5.2.tar.gz?download Same thing that I wrote in my 0.5.1 mail applies to this release. Happy new year to everyone Daniel

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Re: USBAT 0.5.2 for Linux 2.6
by Lindsay Haisley 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

I have the same problem when using dbus and hald. I believe it's a known problem. Try killing these daemons and see if the driver works. Thus spake frodg on Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 09:08:07PM CST > Daniel, > > Tried again with the 0.5.2: > > This time I really did remove the original kernel (last time I was > rushing and forgot) > Now using 2.6.10-Nitro 2 > The USBAT drivers compiled this time and sda was created. > BUT no sda1 created. > sda appears and using touch /dev/sda still got no result > Logs attached. > > I can still use 0.5.0 with Nitro 2 kernel....... > > Geoff > > > > -- Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at 512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> http://www.fmp.com | dandelions" | | (Pamela Jones) |

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USBAT 0.5.1 for Linux 2.6
by Daniel Drake 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi, A new release - main changes being cleanups, annotations, and more sharing of code between usbat/usbat02. We also add support for the few USBAT02-based HP CD writers that exist in the wild. I fixed a few small issues with my own device too. ***WARNING*** You need to wipe out your kernel sources before applying this, upgrading from 0.5.0 will not work. Sorry, but this will probably be the last time that this needs to happen :) http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/usbat2/usbat02-2.6-0.5.1.tar.gz?download All that is left to sort out is: 1. Rons slow writing 2. Rons problem with changing media (probably related) 3. Delays when changing media If you experience any of the above problems, please read on. I really need full debug logs to work on this. It would also be helpful if you could leave 60 seconds between each "operation", keeping an eye on the clock at the same time. This way you can say: At 12:01 I plugged in the card reader. At 12:02 I mounted it. At 12:03 I copied 100kb of files to the device At 12:04 I unmounted At 12:05 I unplugged This should make my reading through the logs be pretty clear. Ron, please take your problems one at a time! Ignoring the media changing for now, just do a process similar to the above, and send me the logs. I'd like to solve the writing problem before looking at the others. As for the delays with media changing - well a few of you said that you had to wait about 15 seconds for the "touch /dev/sda" operation to complete after changing media. This is not the case for me, it completes seemingly instantaneously. So I'd like to fix this up a bit more. Please perform a process similar to the above (at minute intervals: plug in card reader with media, change media, touch /dev/sda, unplug) and send the logs. Thanks for the testing of the last release, we're now pretty close to completion :) I'll be aiming to get us included for 2.6.11 Thanks! Daniel

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