Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 03:36 -0800, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows,
> > whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the
> > answer is probably in the Windows driver code, but of course it will be
> > binary and proprietary so it's of no use to anyone.
> 
> There are lots of I/O devices that claim to comply with some published
> protocol, but really don't.  Some operating systems deal with this by
> providing special-case code for particular devices that, while
> strictly speaking violate the protocols, at least get the device
> working for the user.  Many devices provide unique vendor and device
> IDs that can be used to know when such workarounds need to be
> activated.
> 
> I know that Linux includes such code to support otherwise broken
> microprocessors.  I don't know whether it also provides support for
> broken USB storage devices.
> 
> A specific example is that I can recall a post to one of the FreeBSD
> lists which mentioned the addition of a special workaround for the
> Kingston USB Flash drives.

Interesting. I have a couple of these. Do you have a more specific
reference? Google shows a bunch of stuff but nothing that indicates any
specific issue with Kingston versus other brands.

poc