On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Éric Paré wrote: > Hi, > I am having trouble figuring if the toshiba gigabeat (essentially, mp3 > player) is supposed to work in linux or not. Simply, I would like to > copy my mp3s on it when it's connected to my computer. > > Topic: Toshiba Gigabeat support in Linux > Issue: USB drivers, kernel modules > > When I plug in (USB) another (older Zen mp3 player), everything is fine. > The device is automatically detected. The kernel device used is > usb-storage. > > But when I plug in the gigabeat, /proc/bus/usb/devices shows: > T: Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#= 17 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=0930 ProdID=0010 Rev= 1.00 > S: Manufacturer=TOSHIBA Corporation > S: Product=TOSHIBA gigabeat S > S: SerialNumber=31b1dbc4 - 2cf6654e - 80bd1ff8 - 8ee00652 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 50mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none) > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=1ms > > I wonder why the driver is "none". I would have thought that > usb-storage would handle it. It seems it doesn't.
There is no driver because the descriptors indicate that the device needs a vendor-specific driver (that's what the "vend." means in the D: line). > Am I missing a driver for it to work under Linux? And why wouldn't > usb-storage handle it? Is there a missing supported feature that I > could get from a custom built kernel? It's impossible to answer the last question without knowing how the Gigabeat works. Perhaps it uses a vendor-specific protocol, necessitating a vendor-specific driver. Or perhaps it uses the standard USB mass-storage protocol, in which case it could be made to work with the usb-storage driver with suitable adjustments. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
