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scotsman · 07-02-2010, 06:49 AM

NEWS:
The new firmware 2.0 RC allows for executing modprobe ehci-hcd without crashes, and lsmod shows the module as loaded. Also, one can load usbnet, and the file system has a preconfigured /etc/network/interfaces, such that it should be able to usb network to the device.

However, none of these actions produces any effect (no voltage on USB port, no network device detected if I try to ifup the usbnet connection from my laptop). Thus I suspect that the USB port thus accessed is the one that is NOT connected to the mini USB connector of the device, but either unconnected or connected via the expansion slot (although I fail to measure any 5V signal between any two of its pints after supposedly activating host mode).

Thus the main task seems to be to address the right port, which supposedly works via linking drivers to devices in the /sys/ directory. However, I have no idea of how to do that, and no experience. I also do not have the time to play around with it in the near future, unfortunately.

07-02-2010, 06:49 AM	#20
scotsman Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 106 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: irex DR1000S	NEWS: The new firmware 2.0 RC allows for executing modprobe ehci-hcd without crashes, and lsmod shows the module as loaded. Also, one can load usbnet, and the file system has a preconfigured /etc/network/interfaces, such that it should be able to usb network to the device. However, none of these actions produces any effect (no voltage on USB port, no network device detected if I try to ifup the usbnet connection from my laptop). Thus I suspect that the USB port thus accessed is the one that is NOT connected to the mini USB connector of the device, but either unconnected or connected via the expansion slot (although I fail to measure any 5V signal between any two of its pints after supposedly activating host mode). Thus the main task seems to be to address the right port, which supposedly works via linking drivers to devices in the /sys/ directory. However, I have no idea of how to do that, and no experience. I also do not have the time to play around with it in the near future, unfortunately.