"John Doe" <john.doe@jasspa.com> wrote in message
news:482767c9$0$10633$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
> Dave wrote:
>> According to
>>
>> http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/i...trolers22.html
>>
>> the Belkin F5U508 USB/Firewire card is "verified" for Solaris 10 on both
>> SPARC and x86. So today I goes out and buys one, installs it, and it
>> seems to at least work. But looking in /var/adm/messages I see:
>>

Does this mean I can use one in a U60 to get USB?


>>
>> May 9 21:34:43 kestrel scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd6 at glm0: target 6
>> lun 0
>> May 9 21:34:43 kestrel genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd6 is
>> /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/sd@6,0
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): Due to recently discovered incompatibilities
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): with this USB controller, USB2.x transfer
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): support has been disabled. This device will
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): continue to function as a USB1.x controller.
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): If you are interested in enabling USB2.x
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): support please, refer to the ehci(7D) man page.
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): Please also refer to www.sun.com/io for
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): Solaris Ready products and to
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl for additional
>> May 9 21:39:13 kestrel usba: [ID 723738 kern.info] /pci@8,600000/usb@1,2
>> (ehci0): compatible USB products.
>>
>> So it is only going to work as USB 1, which is bloody annoying, as I
>> bought it to give me USB 2.0 in the Blade!
>>
>>
>> Anyone know what the issue is which have caused Solaris to downgrade the
>> card from USB 2.0 to USB 1?
>
> If you look the log message then it gives you a hint on how to enable it
> at high speed. Following the hint then the man page for ehci(7D) tells you
> what to do.
>
> By the way, the Belkin F5U220 works well, this is only USB not firewire.
>
> John.