Reattach/redetect allways connected umass device - is it possible ?

[Bernd Walter]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 02:45:17PM +0300, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I have SONY notebook with integrated memory stick card reader. It
> appears as USB umass device and works well.
> 
> Usbdevs output is here: 
> Controller /dev/usb3:
> addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00, device uhub4
>  port 1 powered
>  port 2 powered
>  port 3 powered
>  port 4 powered
>  port 5 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, USB Memory Stick Slot(0x014d), Sony(0x054c), rev 1.10, device umass1
>  port 6 powered
> 
> Only problem is that card-reader itself toes not detach USB device on flash removal. So if I change card to another card of different size 
> it is not detected and da0 device still has old geometry.

Yes - GEOM is kind of suboptimal with removeable media.
cat /dev/null > /dev/da0

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