reattach 3g0 device: could not allocate new device

[Kim Culhan]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net> wrote:
> On Monday 23 February 2009, Kim Culhan wrote:
>> Running 8.0-CURRENT as of 2-22-09
>>
>> The 3g0 device is a Novatel U727 EVDO wireless radio.
>>
>> If the machine boots with the device attached, dmesg reads:
>>
>> u3g0: <Data Interface> on usbus2
>>
>> Remove the device and this is logged:
>>
>> u3g0: at ushub2, port 2, addr 2 (disconnected)
>>
>> Reattach the device and there is this message:
>>
>> uhub_reattach_port:414: could not allocate new device!
>>
>> kernel config has:
>>
>> device   usb2_serial_3g
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Can you turn on USB HUB debugging:
>
> sysctl hw.usb2.uhub.debug=15
> sysctl hw.usb.uhub.debug=15

Sure here is dmesg with sysctl hw.usb2.uhub.debug=15

uhub_read_port_status:259: port 2, wPortStatus=0x0103,
wPortChange=0x0000, err=USB_ERR_NORMAL_COMPLETION
usb2_transfer_power_ref:1470: Adding type 0 to power state
usb2_transfer_power_ref:1483: needs power
u3g_huawei_init:278:
usb2_alloc_device:1618: Found Huawei auto-install disk!
usb2_bus_port_set_device:1334: bus 0xc6733cf0 devices[2] = 0xc6bc6000
ugen2.2: <Novatel Wireless Inc.> at usbus2
ugen2.2: <Novatel Wireless Inc.> at usbus2 (disconnected)
usb2_bus_port_set_device:1334: bus 0xc6733cf0 devices[2] = 0
uhub_reattach_port:414: could not allocate new device!
usb2_needs_explore:1345:
usb2_bus_powerd:1516: bus=0xc670bcf0
usb2_bus_powerd:1599: Recomputing power masks
uhub_explore:522: udev=0xc6a93000 addr=1

With the old usb, this was returned:

Feb 22 10:38:37 smallster kernel: ugen2.2: <Novatel Wireless Inc.> at usbus2
Feb 22 10:38:37 smallster kernel: umass0: <Novatel Wireless Inc.
Novatel Wireless CDMA, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2> on usbus2
Feb 22 10:38:37 smallster kernel: umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
Feb 22 10:38:38 smallster kernel: umass0:1:0:-1: Attached to scbus1
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT
READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM
Status: SCSI Status Error
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI
Status: Check Condition
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: cd0: <Novatel Mass Storage 1.00>
Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
Feb 22 10:38:39 smallster kernel: cd0: Attempt to query device size
failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
Feb 22 10:40:27 smallster kernel: g_vfs_done():cd0[READ(offset=65536,
length=8192)]error = 5
Feb 22 10:43:39 smallster kernel: umass0: at ushub2, port 1, addr 2
(disconnected)
Feb 22 10:43:39 smallster kernel: (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device
Feb 22 10:43:39 smallster kernel: (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry
Feb 22 10:43:39 smallster kernel: ugen2.2: <Novatel Wireless Inc.> at
usbus2 (disconnected)

The device initially attempts to simulate the presence of a cdrom.

Maybe this is creating the problem for usb2.

-kim