Re: Dealing with slow USB disks, was: Re: Saving environment variables in u-boot
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:51:34 UTC
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 10:56:04AM +1100, MJ wrote: > > > > My suggestion: Have you tried directly connecting the USB into the RPI4? > I've had previous run-ins with RPI3B and powered hubs where it seems to be > very slow to enumerate the hub and therefore the devices attached. > The same disk and enclosure boot without issue on the Pi4, so I've little doubt it'd work. I tried removing the USB hub and plugging the disk straight into the Pi3, expecting it to fail on low voltage. To my surprise it warm-booted ok, but the disk still doesn't enumerate. Five tries at usb reset finally revealed the disk, run bootcmd_usb0 brought the disk and FreeBSD up without visible hiccups. The serial console output has been added to http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/slow_usb_notes. Five usb resets _isn't_ an improvement, but at least it now seems the trouble isn't the hub. Thanks for the suggestion! bob prohaska