On 9/28/07, Anders Hjalmarsson <hjalmar@hjalmar.to> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:55:24 -0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>
> > In article <20070928020839.1acf6daf@berkshire.machshav.com>,
> > Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> > >On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:28:52 +0200
> > >Anders Hjalmarsson <hjalmar@hjalmar.to> wrote:
> > >
> > >> My Ericsson phone is similar, I get the 'drive offline' message, but
> > >> I can mount it without problems anyway.
> > >> Part of dmesg:
> > >>
> > >> umass0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 8
> > >> umass0: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson K750, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 5
> > >> umass0: using ATAPI over Bulk-Only
> > >> atapibus1 at umass0: 2 targets
> > >> sd0 at atapibus1 drive 0: <Sony Eri, Memory Stick, 0000> disk
> > >> removable sd0: drive offline
> > >> sd0: fabricating a geometry
> > >>
> > >The "drive offline" seems to be a common transient; I get that with my
> > >iPod nano, too, but it always mounts immediately.
> >
> > We should also add a driver so that it can charge. It is pretty simple.
> >
> > christos
> >
> Which device are you talking about wrt charging, the iPod or the phone?
> My phone certainly seems to charge, though it says "Charging" when plugged
> into the USB-cable instead of "Optimized charging" which it says when I
> plugit into the regular charger.
>
> -hjalmar
>

Yepp and that is because it charge with less current in USB than a
real charger (chargin vs optimize charging that is). That also means
that your phone has identified itself and are allowed to draw current
from the computer.

BR
dunceor