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How to reclaim device name after malfunction? 2 178 (8/14/2009 2:12:39 AM) comp.periphs.scsi Hi Sometimes when I hotplug a SATA device to/from say /dev/sdb on my Mandriva 2009.1 system, it malfunctions/times out, and cannot be detected. Then when I plug in another SATA device, it gets detected as... galapogos

Binding raw devices in Linux kernel 2.6 6 76 (7/3/2009 8:40:07 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I'm trying to port an old program compiled on kernel 2.4, onto kernel 2.6. I've using a Mandriva 2009.1 box as my development PC. I've managed to get the program to build properly once I've gotten the nece... galapogos

Running LILO on a secondary drive 9 38 (6/23/2009 2:42:25 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I have Mandriva 2009 installed on my main boot drive. I have another drive that I wish to run LILO off of, since I will be updating its kernel. The problem is that that drive runs as part of a set-top bo... galapogos

changing partition size. 11 50 (6/17/2009 8:26:46 AM) comp.os.linux.misc hi, i have several partitions on a hard drive, let's call it sdb. I want to copy them all to a larger drive, let's call it sdc. I want to expand sdb1/sdc1 to fill up the remaining space while keeping sdb2-8 exa... galapogos

Using Parasoft Jtest to perform static analysis for JavaCard applet 0 26 (12/18/2008 8:07:31 AM) comp.lang.java.softwaretools Hi, I'm trying to use Parasoft Jtest 8.0 to perform static analysis for a JavaCard applet that I have. I've imported the workspace into Parasoft's Package Explorer and selected the appropriate package, then ra... galapogos

Cypress EZ-USB FX2 firmware downloading 6 41 (9/19/2008 6:30:23 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, I have a Cypress EZ-USB FX2 USB mass storage device. AFAIK firmware is only allowed to be downloaded to either the external EEPROM or internal RAM when the device either 1) Does not have an EEPROM, or 2) H... galapogos

How to get a response from a SCSI device when writing to it? 8 124 (11/9/2007 7:02:24 AM) comp.periphs.scsi Hi, I'm trying to communicate to a USB Mass Storage device(UFD) with vendor specific SCSI pass throughcommands. I'm implementing them on both sides, since I have control over the device's firmware. Currently I'... galapogos

Question about SCSI device renumeration 1 103 (10/26/2007 8:42:06 AM) comp.periphs.scsi Hi, I'm using a USB flash drive that has a CD-ROM partition in it, and I notice that everytime the device enumerates to Windows XP, its device name gets incremented, eg from CdRom0 to CdRom1. This happens on bo... galapogos

How to change a media to CDFS/ISO9660 file system? 4 177 (10/18/2007 7:26:14 AM) comp.periphs.scsi Hi, I have a USB mass storage device that I wish to change to CDFS. It responds to the SCSI command set. I initially thought that all CD device related information(drive geometry/file system etc) would be cont... galapogos

SCSI CDB response data structure 10 349 (10/18/2007 3:35:13 AM) comp.periphs.scsi Hi, I'm working with a USB mass storage device that accepts SCSI commands, and I'm trying to understand what this device supports. Are there any software tools that query a device with a user supplied SCSI comm... galapogos

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Directly reading/writing a HDD 5 33 (5/7/2007 3:01:29 AM) comp.lang.c Hi, I'm writing a console program to directly read from and write to an external USB HDD in sector level(so that I can access the drive w/o it even being initialized/partitioned/formatted, and I'm wondering ho... goister (139)

Scanning USB devices and reading USB descriptors 5 36 (5/10/2007 9:43:51 AM) comp.lang.c Hi, I'm wondering how I can scan the system for USB devices and read off the USB descriptors such as VID/PID/serial number in C? I have an external USB HDD that I wish to access, and I'm currently able to do s... goister (139)

How to clear stdin 19 36 (5/15/2007 8:38:01 AM) comp.lang.c Hi, I'm trying to prompt a user to press enter to continue by calling getchar(), but if the user types in some random string, it messes up my program since I have a do-while loop that calls getchar() later on ... goister (139)

Emulating 1-wire interface with a microcontroller 9 35 (8/15/2007 8:51:10 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, I have a microcontroller with GPIO, I2C and UART, and I'm trying to emulate a 1-wire interface so that the microcontroller appears as an i- button to another ASIC. I'm wondering if it would be easier to us... goister (139)

Cypress EZ-USB help 13 39 (10/3/2007 8:04:10 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, I'm trying to modify the Cypress EZ-USB firmware for some added functionality, but I'm having some problems regarding running out of code space. It seems that when I call some of the EZUSB I2C library func... goister (139)

xdata/idata/data differences 12 38 (10/9/2007 8:47:02 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, I'm wondering what the differences are when I declare a variable with one of the modifiers, eg 1. BYTE xdata temp; 2. BYTE idata temp; 3. BYTE data temp; 4. BYTE temp; I notice that some data types aren'... goister (139)

Cypress EZ-USB FX2 firmware downloading 6 41 (9/19/2008 6:30:23 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi, I have a Cypress EZ-USB FX2 USB mass storage device. AFAIK firmware is only allowed to be downloaded to either the external EEPROM or internal RAM when the device either 1) Does not have an EEPROM, or 2) H... goister (139)

changing partition size. 11 50 (6/17/2009 8:26:46 AM) comp.os.linux.misc hi, i have several partitions on a hard drive, let's call it sdb. I want to copy them all to a larger drive, let's call it sdc. I want to expand sdb1/sdc1 to fill up the remaining space while keeping sdb2-8 exa... goister (139)

Running LILO on a secondary drive 9 38 (6/23/2009 2:42:25 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I have Mandriva 2009 installed on my main boot drive. I have another drive that I wish to run LILO off of, since I will be updating its kernel. The problem is that that drive runs as part of a set-top bo... goister (139)

Binding raw devices in Linux kernel 2.6 6 76 (7/3/2009 8:40:07 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I'm trying to port an old program compiled on kernel 2.4, onto kernel 2.6. I've using a Mandriva 2009.1 box as my development PC. I've managed to get the program to build properly once I've gotten the nece... goister (139)