I don't have an external hub handy but I'll try this and see when I can get
one. Of course, I now find that the USB port on the side of the laptop says:

# usbdevs -v
Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000),
Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
#

so maybe there is something about hub initialization which isn't being done
right.




On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:54:53 -0600 seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) wrote:

> In message <20030115153610.79fe2349.ggm@apnic.net>, George Michaelson
> writes:
> >Is there some 'trick' to make a USB device be recognized without reboot on
> >the SCSI binding? Is this because a scsi emulation layer or the scsibus0
> >isn't initialized in the kernel unless its got an attached device at boot
> >time? 
> 
> Do you have a USB hub you can try this with?  I have a hub which only
> initializes devices which are plugged in already when I plug the hub in.  It
> also has other behavioral quirks... This has been going on for some time for
> me, in -current.
> 
> -s