HCL -- where to put IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 converter

pljvaldez · 06-14-2007, 05:05 PM

I just bought a Vantec IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 converter and will be trying it in a couple of days. I'm not exactly sure where to put the review in the HCL. I was thinking either I/O Controller Devices or External Storage Devices.

Edit: Maybe this belongs in the hardware forum?

pljvaldez · 06-15-2007, 11:29 AM

This device works flawlessly. The only problem I can see with putting it on the HCL is that there is nothing output from lspci as the drives look like USB drives. There's no chipset or anything listed either...

Nylex · 06-15-2007, 11:34 AM

I'd put it in the Controller section, as it's not really a storage device. Either myself or Bruce will move products if we think they're in the wrong place. Try and give as much info about the product as you can in the description field though and maybe just post the lsusb output in the lspci field.

pljvaldez · 06-18-2007, 12:17 PM

Thanks Nylex. The lsusb output didn't seem terribly useful to me either, but lshw did. Here are snippets from miscellaneous outputs: Which is best to include in the review?

lspci

Code:

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)

lsusb

Code:

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 152d:2338  
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

dmesg

Code:

usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: WDC WD25  Model: 00KS-00MJB0       Rev: 1C03
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdc: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdc: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdc: sdc1 sdc2
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdc
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

lshw

Code:

*-usb:4
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@00:1d.7
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: iomemory:fdfff000-fdfff3ff irq:201
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@5
                logical name: usb5
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=8 speed=480.0MB/s
              *-usb
                   description: Mass storage device
                   product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge
                   vendor: JMicron
                   physical id: 6
                   bus info: usb@5:6
                   logical name: scsi3
                   version: 1.00
                   serial: D57CA8512854
                   capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
                   configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=2mA speed=480.0MB/s
                 *-disk
                      description: SCSI Disk
                      product: 00KS-00MJB0
                      vendor: WDC WD25
                      physical id: 0.0.0
                      bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
                      logical name: /dev/sdc
                      version: 1C03
                      size: 232GB
                      capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                      configuration: ansiversion=2
                    *-volume:0
                         description: Linux filesystem partition
                         physical id: 1
                         bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,1
                         logical name: /dev/sdc1
                         capacity: 202GB
                         capabilities: primary
                    *-volume:1
                         description: Linux filesystem partition
                         physical id: 2
                         bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,2
                         logical name: /dev/sdc2
                         capacity: 30GB
                         capabilities: primary

It looks to me like "JMicron" might be the chipset of this Vantec unit (from the output of lshw).

Nylex · 06-18-2007, 11:41 PM

I think I'd go with the lshw output personally.