On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 11:45 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:07:28 -0500, Carlos Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If I do: > > > > > > eject /dev/sda > > > > > > immediately, or within a minute or so, the iPod is ejected correctly (at > > > least it thinks so :) ). If I wait a few minutes, a get 4 or so > > > > > > usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 > > > > > > before > > > > > > sd 2:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery > > > > As far as I can tell, many iPods have extremely screwy microcode. > > I tried to tinker with it, but it's pretty hopeless. Look at this: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154955 > > > > The only reliable solution is to mark iPods as "not removable" > > We probably should do it to your model as well. > > > > The 60GB iPod Video and further were seen working reliably, but > > there's not guarantee for it to continue. > > The overall situation is very confusing. Quite apart from any possible > bugs in the iPod firmware, we have the fact that at least two different > drivers are involved (ub and usb-storage) and that the "eject" application > itself wasn't (and presumably still isn't) entirely complete: In the cdrom > part of the program, it would try various combinations of an "Eject" > SG_IOCTL, a START-STOP command, and/or a PREVENT-ALLOW command -- but then > once it had gotten the device into a state where it would be willing to > eject, the program didn't issue another "Eject" ioctl! It wouldn't be > surprising to see a similar mistake in the direct-access portion. > > Alan Stern >
Thanks for the answers. This is a bit too technical for me, but let me know if there's anything else I can do to help debug this problem. Carlos ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
