On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:57:15AM +0000, Andrew Neillans wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to get hotplugging of usb going, so that when I connect a > usb-storage device, it is automatically mounted, and an icon dropped on my > desktop -- when the device is removed, it gets cleared up. > > So far I am just trying to get it to behave using the command line, but I have > noticed something odd in the logs. > > Jan 18 09:53:44 debian-laptop kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: new USB device on port 1, > assigned address 2 > Jan 18 09:53:44 debian-laptop kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized > Jan 18 09:53:44 debian-laptop kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > Jan 18 09:53:45 debian-laptop kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass > Storage devices > Jan 18 09:53:47 debian-laptop kernel: Vendor: HITACHI_ Model: DK23CA-30 > Rev: 0 0 > Jan 18 09:53:47 debian-laptop kernel: Type: Direct-Access > ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Jan 18 09:53:47 debian-laptop kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new > driver usb-storage > Jan 18 09:53:47 debian-laptop kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > Jan 18 09:53:47 debian-laptop scsi.agent[987]: bogus sysfs DEVPATH=/devices/ > pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0 > > Why is scsi.agent from hotplug running? Surely it should be usb.agent running? > I have a script setup for usb, but not scsi ... > > If I fdisk -l /dev/sda I get the correct partition table list.. >
/dev/sda is a scsi disk. The kernel emulates a scsi disk over the usb device as an abstraction layer. The same thing is also done with cd burners. You need the scsi support in order to access the disk. > So, is that scsi.agent ok to be ignored? > > Andy > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
