On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:12:45AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Friday 03 September 2010 08:12:56 Piotr Isajew wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm considering to move one of my projects from Linux to FreeBSD. The > > project uses lots of USB modems. To test if my hardware is supported > > by FreeBSD I installed 8.1-STABLE. During first test I noticed that no > > modems are detected by OS during startup (i.e. "usbconfig list" > > doesn't show any of those devices). However if I remove a modem from > > USB port once the system is running and then plug it in again, it's > > properly detected and works without problems. > > > > The only dmesg lines that looks suspicious to me are: > > > > usb_alloc_device: getting device descriptor at addr 3 failed, > > USB_ERR_STALLED usbd_req_re_enumerate: getting device descriptor at addr 3 > > failed, USB_ERR_STALLED > > > > I'll apreciate any help on solving this problem. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Piotr > > Have you tried using an external powered USB HUB? > > Do these modems have autoinstall disks? > > --HPS > > Yes, they have autoinstall disks, but that's ok --- once modem is attached to umass driver I can easly switch it to modem mode :-)
More important: after reading your post I just tried to boot with modem plugged via external powered HUB (previously only plugged directly to internal port with negative results). It works, so thanks a lot for this hint. Kind regards, Piotr
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