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umass

UMASS(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						  UMASS(4)

NAME

     umass -- USB mass storage support

SYNOPSIS

     umass*	at uhub?
     atapibus*	at umass?
     scsibus*	at umass? channel ?
     wd*	at umass?

DESCRIPTION

     The umass driver provides support for USB mass storage class devices.  The driver supports subclasses SCSI, 8020i (ATAPI), 8070i (ATAPI),
     QIC157 (ATAPI), RBC (subset of SCSI), and UFI (USB Floppy).  The driver handles the protocols Bulk-Only, CBI, and CBI-with-CCI.

HARDWARE

     Devices known to work with this driver include:

	   Creative Tech NOMAD MuVo TX
	   FujiFilm FinePix1300 Digital Camera
	   Imation SuperDisk
	   IOmega Zip 100
	   IOmega Zip 250
	   Kingston DataTraveler 2.0
	   LaCie CD R/W
	   Lexar Media JumpDrive Flash Disks
	   Neodio Multi-format Flash Controller
	   Olympus C-5050 ZOOM Digital Camera
	   SanDisk ImageMate SDDR-31
	   Siemens MP3-Player USB
	   Sony DSC Digital Cameras
	   STMicroelectronics ST92163 Mass Storage library Tester
	   Y-E Data FlashBuster floppy

     The driver also supports certain adapters from In-System Design that use the (non-standardized) ATA protocol over Bulk-Only.

SEE ALSO

     atapi(4), scsi(4), usb(4), wd(4)

HISTORY

     The umass driver is a port of the FreeBSD driver.	The umass driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5.

BSD
								   June 26, 2005							       BSD