what USB-2 CF reader is alleged to work?

[Pete Zaitcev]

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:56:22 -0800, Jamie Zawinski <jwz at jwz.org> wrote:

> Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > 
> > I use SDDR-31 successfuly since 2001, it's a great device with
> > [almost] no serious firmware problems which plague this kind of
> > peripherals.
> 
> As I can't use the SDDR-31 either, it would be a dramatic improvement if
> I could get that working.  But I'd most like to find a USB-2 reader that
> works, because the files my camera writes are huge...

Guess what, I have received a new USB key today, and it shows the problem
right off the bat. But what's more, my old and trusty SDDR-31 now misbehaved,
too (only one time though)! Here's an unedited dmesg:

 <----- plugging new 1GB stick
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
 <----- device not recognized, not drivers are attached
 <----- plugging SDDR-31
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
ub: sizeof ub_scsi_cmd 64 ub_dev 2576
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 15681 bsize 512
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 15681 bsize 512
 uba: uba1
usbcore: registered new driver ub	<---- You'd think you are safe....
ub: cmd #175 cmd status (-71)		<---- ... but no. Yay!
ub: cmd #176 cmd status (-71)
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 0 bsize 512
ub: cmd #177 cmd status (-71)
ub: cmd #178 cmd status (-71)
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 0 bsize 512
ub: cmd #179 cmd status (-71)
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 0 bsize 512
ub: cmd #180 cmd status (-71)
uba: device 4 capacity nsec 0 bsize 512
usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 4
 <----- Pulling SDDR-31 and inserting different CF card
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
uba: device 5 capacity nsec 2041201 bsize 512
uba: device 5 capacity nsec 2041201 bsize 512
 uba: uba1
usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 5
 <----- From this point on I was unable to make SDDR-31 to throw a -71,
        but the Imation key does it every time.

Insanity! I guess I'm too cheap to buy good stuff which breaks, Jamie :-)
The 1GB key was sent to me by Red Hat (the laptop, too). Hurray for corporate
support.

I'll let you know if I find and fix this, but it's likely the same problem.

-- Pete