[OpenIndiana-discuss] USB mass storage equality or lack thereof

[Reginald Beardsley]

Just in case someone who mucks about w/ this is following the list. 

Format(1m) has improved from Solaris 10 u8 in that it recognizes hard drives connected via USB. However, it does not acknowledge flash drives.

While they are not equal in terms of performance from my experience, it would be nice if USB mass storage devices were treated in a consistent manner.

NB: 
c1t0d0p0 is an empty SD card slot.
c2t0d0p0 is an USB hard drive
c3d1 is an internal SATA drive
c4t0d0p0 is an USB flash drive


# rmformat
Looking for devices...
     1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci at 0,0/pci10de,cb79 at 4,1/storage at 4/disk at 0,0
        Connected Device: Single   Flash Reader     1.00
        Device Type: <Unknown>
	Bus: USB
	Size: <Unknown>
	Label: <Unknown>
	Access permissions: <Unknown>
     2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci at 0,0/pci10de,cb79 at 6,1/storage at 3/disk at 0,0
        Connected Device: Maxtor   OneTouch         0125
        Device Type: Removable
	Bus: USB
	Size: 305.2 GB
	Label: <None>
	Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
     3. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci at 0,0/pci10de,cb79 at 6,1/storage at 2/disk at 0,0
        Connected Device:          USB Disk         8.07
        Device Type: Removable
	Bus: USB
	Size: 15.4 GB
	Label: <Unknown>
	Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c2t0d0 <Maxtor-OneTouch-0125 cyl 38910 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /pci at 0,0/pci10de,cb79 at 6,1/storage at 3/disk at 0,0
       1. c3d1 <Unknown-Unknown-0001 cyl 30398 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at b/ide at 0/cmdk at 1,0
Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
# uname -a
SunOS openindiana 5.11 oi_151a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

Please don't think I'm complaining.  I'm very grateful for all the work being done on OI/Illumos.  I just thought it worth noting.

Reg