Re: USB key generates ioctl_internal_command errors

[David Härdeman]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 06:34:24PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:52:32 +0100, David Härdeman <david@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> >   Vendor: I0MEGA    Model: UMni1GB*IOM2K4    Rev: 1.01
> >   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > SCSI device sda: 2048000 512-byte hdwr sectors (1049 MB)
> > sda: Write Protect is off
> > sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
> > sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> > ioctl_internal_command: <8 0 0 0> return code = 8000002
> >    : Current: sense key=0x0
> >     ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
> > SCSI device sda: 2048000 512-byte hdwr sectors (1049 MB)
>
> I think it's harmless. I saw things like that, and initially I plugged
> them with workarounds like this:

Thanks for the pointer, and yes, it is harmless, but it floods the 
console with the messages which hides other (potentially important) 
messages...following your example I've made a patch which fixes the 
problem. It's trivial so I hope It'll find it's way into the kernel 
soon.

Re,
David Härdeman

Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <david@xxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.14.2/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h.orig	2005-11-11 06:33:12.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.14.2/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h	2005-11-17 22:10:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -1086,6 +1086,15 @@
 		US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL,
 		US_FL_GO_SLOW ),
 
+/*
+ * David Härdeman <david@xxxxxxxx>
+ * The key makes the SCSI stack print confusing (but harmless) messages
+ */
+UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x4146, 0xba01, 0x0100, 0x0100,
+		"Iomega",
+		"Micro Mini 1GB",
+		US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_NOT_LOCKABLE ),
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x55aa, 0xa103, 0x0000, 0x9999, 
 		"Sandisk",