Re: Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:47:30 -0500 (EST), Wayne Topa wrote:
> 
> Not having a usb floppy I am just throwing this out there
> 
> Have you installed the  ufiformat package?   A search of the package
> lists only show that (might) be helpful.

Thanks for the suggestion, Wayne, but I need to crawl before I
can walk.  Right now, I can't even shove a floppy into the drive
without the kernel going bananas.  From my research, this is
looking more and more like a bug.  This specific model of USB
floppy drive was known to work under Etch.  See

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2005/07/msg00207.html

I've never known Linux to remove support for a USB device once
it has been added.  Does anyone, anywhere, have a working USB
floppy drive under Debian Squeeze?  If so, I'd like to know about
it, and what you did to get it working.  For the record, here
is the output of "lsusb -v" for the device:

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Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0644:0000 TEAC Corp. Floppy
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0644 TEAC Corp.
  idProduct          0x0000 Floppy
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           1 TEAC
  iProduct                2 TEAC FD-05PUB
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           39
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      4 Floppy (UFI)
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Control/Bulk/Interrupt
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptor Type        5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0002  1x 2 bytes
        bInterval              32
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

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