SCSI device not created upon a CF card plug in
Sagara Wijetunga
sagara at tomahawk.com.sg
Wed Jul 22 10:58:53 UTC 2009
Pete French writes:
>> I have earlier posted my tests with Linux. All tests were done with same CF
>> cards and the very same multi-card reader on the same computer. They work on
>> Linux. That is, nothing wrong with the multi-card reader, it does it's job
>> of signaling well.
>
> What makes you sure that Linux is using signalling ? It might be that
> they recognise the card reader does not signal and simply poll it every
> few seconds.
>
On Linux it does not take even a second, its instant.
> Is it possible for you to use a non USB based card reader and see how
> that performs ?
>
Almost all multi-card readers targeted for consumers are USB type. I'm not
sure whether there are non-USB based multi-card readers available.
Do USB multi-card readers work on FreeBSD in first place? Taking few seconds
to create necessary device is alright, but asking people to reboot the
computer after plug in a card is unacceptable.
Regards
Sagara
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