On Jan 14,  1:02am, Christos Zoulas wrote:
} In article <20070928020839.1acf6daf@berkshire.machshav.com>,
} >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.

     Dumb question, but why does it need a driver for charging.  Why
isn't simply plugging it in sufficient?

}-- End of excerpt from Christos Zoulas