Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

[Roger Larsson]

Hi,

[Note: I am not subscribed to linux-usb-users, please cc:]

I have a Sony PC110E that has been working with a small patch since 2.4.0
But with 2.4.9-pre2 it does not work anymore...

2.4.7 + my patch
		works

2.4.8
		has lots of new USB stuff (not tested by me, compilation problems)

2.4.9-pre2
		identifies the device correctly - no patch needed
		(similar patch in unusual-devices)
		but is not able to open it "unknown partition table" reported from
		enabled LDM ... (I enabled it in an attempt to enable everything)

I have usb-debug outputs from both - I will try to look into them myself but 
if anyone is interested...

/RogerL

-- 
Roger Larsson
Skellefteå
Sweden


*******************************************
Patch prepared by: roger.larsson@norran.net
 
--- linux/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h.orig       Mon May 14 23:32:36 
2001+++ linux/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h    Mon May 14 23:32:46 2001
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@
                US_SC_UFI, US_PR_CB, NULL,
                US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_START_STOP ),
 
+UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x054c, 0x002e, 0x0210, 0x0310,
+               "Sony",
+               "DSR-PC110E",
+               US_SC_SCSI, US_PR_CB, NULL,
+               US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_START_STOP | US_FL_MODE_XLATE ),
+
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x057b, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0299,
                "Y-E Data",
                "Flashbuster-U",

Re: [Linux-usb-users] Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

[Thomas Davis]

Roger Larsson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> [Note: I am not subscribed to linux-usb-users, please cc:]
> 
> I have a Sony PC110E that has been working with a small patch since 2.4.0
> But with 2.4.9-pre2 it does not work anymore...

Hmm.. I just got this camera (except it's an NTSC version), and I get

"not a block device" when I try to mount it.

Again, it's recongized properly when I plug it in.

This is with linux-2.4.9-pre4.  I haven't tried any other version yet.

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Re: [Linux-usb-users] Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

[Roger Larsson]

On Thursdayen den 23 August 2001 03:55, Thomas Davis wrote:
> Roger Larsson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > [Note: I am not subscribed to linux-usb-users, please cc:]
> >
> > I have a Sony PC110E that has been working with a small patch since 2.4.0
> > But with 2.4.9-pre2 it does not work anymore...
>
> Hmm.. I just got this camera (except it's an NTSC version), and I get
>
> "not a block device" when I try to mount it.

try with fdisk (or cfdisk) it works...

>
> Again, it's recongized properly when I plug it in.
>
> This is with linux-2.4.9-pre4.  I haven't tried any other version yet.

It works up to linux-2.4.9-pre2
Something in -pre3 breaks it.

But you need this little patch to enable it.

/RogerL

-- 
Roger Larsson
Skellefteå
Sweden

*******************************************
Patch prepared by: roger.larsson@norran.net

--- linux/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h.orig	Sat Aug 18 23:29:32 2001
+++ linux/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h	Sat Aug 18 23:31:23 2001
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@
 		US_SC_UFI, US_PR_CB, NULL,
 		US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_START_STOP ),
 
+UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x054c, 0x002e, 0x0300, 0x0300,
+               "Sony",
+               "DSR-PC110E",
+               US_SC_SCSI, US_PR_CB, NULL,
+               US_FL_SINGLE_LUN | US_FL_START_STOP | US_FL_MODE_XLATE ),
+
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x057b, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0299, 
 		"Y-E Data",
 		"Flashbuster-U",

Re: [Linux-usb-users] Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

[Thomas Davis]

Roger Larsson wrote:
> 
> On Thursdayen den 23 August 2001 03:55, Thomas Davis wrote:
> > Roger Larsson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > [Note: I am not subscribed to linux-usb-users, please cc:]
> > >
> > > I have a Sony PC110E that has been working with a small patch since 2.4.0
> > > But with 2.4.9-pre2 it does not work anymore...
> >
> > Hmm.. I just got this camera (except it's an NTSC version), and I get
> >
> > "not a block device" when I try to mount it.
> 
> try with fdisk (or cfdisk) it works...
> 

fdisk works fine.  it's when I try to mount it I get the error.

I'll try the patch and see what happens..

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------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
Thomas Davis		| ASG Cluster guy
tadavis@lbl.gov		| 
(510) 486-4524		| "80 nodes and chugging Captain!"

Re: Report: Sony Handycam USB and Linux 2.4.9-pre2

[Richard Russon]

Hi Roger,

> 2.4.9-pre2
>  identifies the device correctly - no patch needed
>  (similar patch in unusual-devices)
>  but is not able to open it "unknown partition table" reported from
>  enabled LDM ... (I enabled it in an attempt to enable everything)

Afraid I can't help you, but I can probably rule out the LDM.
It's failing when it tries to read a 1KB block from the very
beginning of the device: "Unable to read partition table."

LDM complains because it's the first in line for checking
partitions.  If you were to disable it, then msdos would complain
(and give up), instead.

FlatCap (Rich)
ldm@flatcap.org