usb mass storage support

[Vandenheede Bjorn]

Hello

I would like to compile support for usb mass storage in a 2.2.18 kernel,
but I'm not able to select the option. What other option do I have to
select before I can select the usb mass storage option.

TIA
Bjorn

[Eric Wertman]

It's one of the first options, something like "prompt for
incomplete/development drivers". Set this to yes.

HTH

"Vandenheede Bjorn" <bvande...@pandora.be> wrote in message
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[Armond Perretta]

Eric Wertman wrote:

> It's one of the first options, something like "prompt for
> incomplete/development drivers". Set this to yes.
>

> "Vandenheede Bjorn" <bvande...@pandora.be> wrote in message
> news:3A901F2C...@pandora.be...
> >

> > I would like to compile support for usb mass storage in a 2.2.18 kernel,
> > but I'm not able to select the option. What other option do I have to
> > select before I can select the usb mass storage option.
> >

I am not 100% sure you need the development drivers, but I am _pretty_
surre you need scsi support. *nix will see your usb removable media drives
as scsi.
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[Vandenheede Bjorn]

I found out on www.linux-usb.org that USB-storage is not supported in
the 2.2 line of kernels.

Thanks anyway

[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <3A9796DC...@pandora.be>,

Vandenheede Bjorn <bvande...@pandora.be> writes:
> Vandenheede Bjorn wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I would like to compile support for usb mass storage in a 2.2.18 kernel,
>> but I'm not able to select the option. What other option do I have to
>> select before I can select the usb mass storage option.
>>

> I found out on www.linux-usb.org that USB-storage is not supported in
> the 2.2 line of kernels.

Actually, 2.2.18 adds most or all of the USB drivers from the 2.4.x
kernels. This includes mass storage devices (Zip disks, etc.), IIRC.

Your problem is most likely caused by the fact that the USB mass storage
drivers are handled by the SCSI subsystem, so you must first enable
basic SCSI support; without that, the option is meaningless, and so will
be disabled. As a practical matter, you also need to enable SCSI disk
support (for disk devices), or presumably CD-ROM, tape, or generic SCSI
support for some devices. I don't know if the USB mass storage option
will be unavailable if these options are disabled, though.

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>>>>> "Rod" == Rod Smith <rods...@speaker.rodsbooks.com> writes:
Rod> [Posted and mailed] In article
Rod> <3A9796DC...@pandora.be>, Vandenheede Bjorn

Rod> <bvande...@pandora.be> writes:
>> Vandenheede Bjorn wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I would like to compile support for usb mass storage in a
>>> 2.2.18 kernel, but I'm not able to select the option. What
>>> other option do I have to select before I can select the usb
>>> mass storage option.
>>>
>> I found out on www.linux-usb.org that USB-storage is not
>> supported in the 2.2 line of kernels.

Rod> Actually, 2.2.18 adds most or all of the USB drivers from the
Rod> 2.4.x kernels. This includes mass storage devices (Zip disks,
Rod> etc.), IIRC.

Rod> Your problem is most likely caused by the fact that the USB mass
Rod> storage drivers are handled by the SCSI subsystem, so you must
Rod> first enable basic SCSI support; without that, the option is
Rod> meaningless, and so will be disabled. As a practical matter, you
Rod> also need to enable SCSI disk support (for disk devices), or
Rod> presumably CD-ROM, tape, or generic SCSI support for some
Rod> devices. I don't know if the USB mass storage option will be
Rod> unavailable if these options are disabled, though.

I picked up a USB Zip drive on the weekend, and was entirely pleased
at just how spectacularly simple it was to get it up and running
(Kernel 2.4.1).

_No_ configuration required; I plugged it in, with system live, and it
was immediately recognizable as /dev/sda.

There is probably still some upcoming "devfs" support needed for the
dynamic mapping of device names; what's there works pretty well.

I can't speak to what bits of SCSI support are absolutely needed; I
already had SCSI disk and CD support compiled in to support my CD-RW
drive, which certainly sufficed to support this...
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