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USB Mass Storage can't be detected as /dev/sdb

elem2018
elem2018 over 7 years ago

Hello,

 

I followed the following instructions: (switch 2 is on the low position)

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For flashing kernel and rootfs, the eMMC space needs to be mounted, we will use uboot ums command for that.

 

+ expand sourceview plain

 

  1. => ums 0 mmc 0 

2lbopp4.jpg Checking the emmc device...In most cases the emmc device will be sdb unless you have multiple mass storage device connected to your PC.

+ expand sourceview plain

 

  1. $ ls /dev/sd* 

mjwgle.jpg

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After typing  ums 0 mmc 0, I can see one USB device (Netchip usb download gadget) is detected in VM Ubuntu 14.04.  Dmesg gives the following messages:

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[  997.389492] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

[  997.649479] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0525, idProduct=a4a5

[  997.649489] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

[  997.649492] usb 1-1: Product: USB download gadget

[  997.649493] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: FSL

[  997.712231] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected

[  997.717282] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: Quirks match for vid 0525 pid a4a5: 10000

[  997.717444] scsi host33: usb-storage 1-1:1.0

[  997.725268] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

[  997.740037] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas

[ 1020.196637] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

[ 4042.905267] hrtimer: interrupt took 11121686 ns

....

 

it is clear that the usb download gadget is found, but  fdisk -l doesn't show the /dev/sdb

 

$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 536.9 GB, 536870912000 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 65270 cylinders, total 1048576000 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x000928fe

 

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *        2048  1031798783   515898368   83  Linux

/dev/sda2      1031800830  1048573951     8386561    5  Extended

/dev/sda5      1031800832  1048573951     8386560   82  Linux swap / Solaris

 

Would you please tell me how can I get the usb download gadget detected as /dev/sdb ?

In Google unfortunately I can't find any solution. Any hint will be appreciated.

Thanks

 

Elem

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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 7 years ago +1
    I'm not familiar with the hardware you're dealing with .... but some suggestions would be Perhaps try a different USB drive or device - your particular unit seems to have known problems under Linux, specifically…
  • elem2018
    elem2018 over 7 years ago in reply to Gough Lui +1
    According to your hints I tried the same process wiht a pure 4-Port USB 2.0 hub instead of previous 4-Port USB 2.0/3.0 hub. But the results are the same. WARP7 is deteced firstly as USB storage device…
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  • 14rhb
    0 14rhb over 7 years ago

    What does lsblk command give you?

     

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    0 elem2018 over 7 years ago in reply to 14rhb

    xfamed@ubuntu:~$ lsblk

    NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

    sda      8:0    0   500G  0 disk

    ├─sda1   8:1    0   492G  0 part /

    ├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part

    └─sda5   8:5    0     8G  0 part [SWAP]

    sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom 

     

    without sdb I don't know how to burn the whole image on it.

     

    Xi

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    0 elem2018 over 7 years ago in reply to 14rhb

    xfamed@ubuntu:~$ lsblk

    NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

    sda      8:0    0   500G  0 disk

    ├─sda1   8:1    0   492G  0 part /

    ├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part

    └─sda5   8:5    0     8G  0 part [SWAP]

    sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom 

     

    without sdb I don't know how to burn the whole image on it.

     

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