problem with Soekris net5501 and USB hub
Marat N.Afanasyev
amarat at ksu.ru
Tue Jul 14 16:49:36 UTC 2009
Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> I originally sent this to the Soekris list thinking it was platform
> specific. I got a couple of replies suggesting that it's a FreeBSD
> problem instead. So, if anybody can offer any insights, I would most
> appreciate it.
>
> I have a Soekris net5501 running FreeBSD 7-Stable. I want to connect a
> number of USB devices to it:
> - a HP Laserjet 1020 printer
> - an APC Back UPS 350 UPS
> - a 6-in-one card reader (not so fussed about this one).
> The Soekris box has only one USB port brought out to a connector on the
> case, so rather than mod the box to add another port, I thought I would
> just use an external hub.
>
> If I plug any of the devcies directly into the Soekris's USB port it
> works fine. However, if I use a USB hub then it doesn't work at all.
> I've tried it with two different hubs and two different cables. I've
> tried the hubs both with a plug pack, and being powered from the USB
> bus. The only thing common to the failures is the Soefkis and freeBSD.
> The hubs are both USB 2.0 according to their advertising.
>
> The hub itself is recognised (although I don't have the output from
> usbdevs available at the moment). The UPS doesn't ever seem to be
> recognised when connected via the hub - there's nothing in dmesg and
> nothing in usbdevs. Ditto for the 6-in-one card reader - the LED on the
> front of it doesn't even light up.
>
> The printer sometimes gets partially recognised. The output from
> "usbdevs -v" when the printer is connected directly and working properly
> looks like:
>
> Controller /dev/usb0:
> addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x0000),
> AMD(0x0000), rev 1.00
> port 1 powered
> port 2 powered
> port 3 powered
> port 4 powered
> Controller /dev/usb1:
> addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000),
> AMD(0x0000), rev 1.00
> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, HP LaserJet
> 1020(0x2b17), Hewlett-Packard(0x03f0), rev 1.00
> port 2 powered
> port 3 powered
> port 4 powered
>
> However, if I connect it via the hub, it sometimes doesn't show it at
> all, while other times it says something like (doing this from memory):
>
> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, 0x2b17(0x2b17),
> vendor 0x03f0(0x03f0), rev 1.00
>
> So, it can see it but it doesn't resolve the vendor or device ids. It
> looks like the Soekris can see whatever is directly connected to it, but
> can't (reliably) see things that more than one step away.
>
> My (custom) kernel has:
>
> device usb # USB Bus (required)
> device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus
> and da
> device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
> device da # Direct Access (disks)
> device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
> device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
> device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
> device ugen # Generic
>
> So, does anybody have any ideas about how to fix this.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Graham
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see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=131074 i think your case
is very similar to mine
--
SY, Marat
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