Older usb controllers might not support sdhc cards which are those that are larger than 4GB. And we entirely lack support for SDXC which starts at 32GB if I recall properly.
Fixing SDXC would be easy were it not for exFAT which is the filesystem used on such devices. That filesystem requires a patent license from Microsoft which makes it a nonstarter for illumos. Blame MicroShaft. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:43 AM, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek via illumos-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 02:25:45PM +0200, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems >> Administrator] wrote: >>> On 10/ 2/14 02:02 PM, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek via illumos-discuss wrote: >>>> On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 10:09:44AM +0200, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems >>>> Administrator] via illumos-discuss wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I would like to see bug https://www.illumos.org/issues/4453 fixed >>>> (especially because it looks like is not hard to do it) soon. >>> >>> Keep in mind, illumos is a volunteer community. If no one feels like fixing >>> a bug, no one will. You can always try to convince people that fixing a >>> certain bug is a good idea - either with words or money. Yes, it can be a >>> bit frustrating not having the community consider your bugs the most >>> important, but that's just the way it is. Not just in Illumos but in any >>> open source OS. >> >> Sure, but would be nice to get any feedback, if possible. > > But you got a bunch of feedback. The bug got closed months ago, with > suggestions about possible problem you're looking at. > > ... >>> Based on my quick reading, that bug is not valid. As Garrett said in one of >>> the comments, there is no sdcard driver. It sounds like there will never be >>> such a driver. So, that's that for the bug that's there. >> >> Well it has started as 'no driver for sdcard. At the end it resulted in >> something else. > > Yep, that's what happens sometimes. Not a problem. > >>> Now, the issue you actually seem to care about is not being able to mount >>> MicroSD card. This is a separate issue. It should have a separate bug. >>> Based on my quick reading, it sounds different updates either work or don't. >>> This is strange because there were no changes that scream "I broke MicroSD >>> card access". Frankly, there's not enough information here to figure out >>> what the problem is. I suggest you open a new bug about this, with a title >>> that better reflects the issue (not being able to access SD cards) and put >>> all the information there. E.g., are you trying to use larger (4GB or more) >>> SDHC card? >> >> It is not about size of MicroSD card, it is about missing support for that >> USB devices most of time. > > Are you 100% certain? Because I'm not. I have a USB N-in-1 dongle thing > that can read SD cards, but when I plug in my 16GB SDHC card it goes crazy > and doesn't show up on the bus. Smaller (non SDHC cards) work for me. I > don't know if it is related to SDHC or what, but unless you tried different > SDHC cards - some large and some small, I don't think you can say. I'd like > to point out that you *never* stated what size SD cards you tried, whether > they were SDHC, or really any detail whatsoever about what setup works and > what doesn't. That sort of information is sometimes what makes or breaks a > bug report. > > I strongly suspect that the instances where in worked something was > different (e.g., you use a small SD card) because no one touched the code > related to USB in eons. > > Jeff. > > -- > Hegh QaQ law' > quvHa'ghach QaQ puS > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-9012f59c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
