THe device doesn't claim to follow the standard (so it probably doesn't). However, there are many devices like this and some of the can be made to work, but it isn't a simple task. These devices are listed in the drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h file in the kernel source.
On Thu, 29 May 2003, sunrise wrote: > thnx for your help; > the local seller - she happens to be my wife - got the device as a > pilot version of a new product by her distributor; i now know that it > must have been produced by "tai guen enterprises" in china (their > hompepage did not help me) and it is one of the many versions of a > device described extensively in http://www.dansdata.com/usbmp3.htm > (where i read: "and users of other OSes may be out of luck, or may not. > Mac OS and Linux are meant to work with USB Mass Storage Devices, but > the standard isn't as standardised as it's meant to be, so you're on > your own.") > all this, i fear, is of no help when trying to install the device under > linux ... ? > > > > Am Don, 2003-05-29 um 19.31 schrieb Randy.Dunlap: > > Yes, absolutely, and with equivalent access to documentation or > > vendor support that would/could happen. > > > > I doubt the the Windows driver was reverse-engineered or written > > without docs. > > > > ~Randy > > > > On 29 May 2003 19:18:36 +0200 sunrise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > | the device is working without problems as an usb-storage device under > > | windows XP (idem - with driver - under windows 98) > > | and theoretically should run under linux and mac-os without driver > > | > > | > > | Am Don, 2003-05-29 um 19.09 schrieb Stephen J. Gowdy: > > | > What makes you think this is a usb-storage device? It claims to use a > > | > vendor protocol. > > | > > > | > On Thu, 29 May 2003, sunrise wrote: > > | > > > | > > i have a generic usb-memory stick/mp3 player, running on a suse linux > > | > > 8.2.; my usb-hub is supported and runing, usb-storage module is running > > | > > (and my usb-cdrom-drive runs correctely); but the usb-stick is not found > > | > > when checked with cdrecord -scanbus, although it is seen when plugged in > > | > > to the usb-bus, the correspondant entry in the proc/bus/usb/devices is > > | > > as follows > > | > > > > | > > T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 8 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > > | > > D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > > | > > P: Vendor=066f ProdID=3410 Rev= 0.83 > > | > > S: Manufacturer=Sigmatel, Inc. > > | > > S: Product=STMP3410 > > | > > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=100mA > > | > > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=(none) > > | > > E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > > | > > > > | > > (NB: and seen with usbview ,the device is shown but in red) > > | > > > > | > > i guess i would have to add a entry in my /etc/hotplug/usb.distmap; but > > | > > my trials were of no success; does anyone knows how to translate the > > | > > above proc/bus/usb/device-message into an etc/hotplug/usb.distmap entry > > | > > (or is another change in another script or map necessary) > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
