USB-Memory Stick Slot with VAIO-C1VJ

2001/03/06
<This is too Danger!! at own lisk!>

<You have a two choices>
1) use Kernel-2.2.18
2) use Kernel-2.4.2

<with Kernel-2.2.18>
You don't need any patch!!!

--- Kernel config ---
[Code maturity level options]
[Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers]
<Y>
[Support for USB] <Y/M>
[Preliminary USB device filesystem] <Y>
[Support for hot-pluggable USB devices] <Y?>
[UCHI (Intel PIIX4, VIA,...) support] <Y/M>
[USB Mass Storage support (EXPERIMENTAL)] <Y/M>

and SCSI-modules

<with Kernel-2.4.2>
Download a patch file from [ here ]
and patch to Kernel-2.4.2 sources.

# cd /usr/src/linux
# patch -p1 < c1v-memorystick.diff

-- Kernel config --
[Support for USB] <Y/M>
[Preliminary USB device filesystem] <Y>
[Support for hot-pluggable USB devices] <Y?>
[UCHI (Intel PIIX4, VIA,...) support] <Y/M>
[USB Mass Storage support (EXPERIMENTAL)] <Y/M>
and SCSI-modules

<How to use it?>
1) modprobe usbcore
2) mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb
3) modprobe usb-uhci
4) modprobe usb-storage

<Check>
Did you get these messages?(or like)

Vendor: Sony    Model: MSC-U01     Rev: 1.00
Type:   Direct-Access          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, dirver = 08
sda : extended sense code = 2
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
USB Mass Storage support registered


<Mount>
the Memory stick slot device is "/dev/sda1" or "/dev/sd[?]1"

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy -t vfat

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