see freebsd-usb@ on 17. Oct 2015 External USB Harddisk ZFS boot problem, the problem disapeared after adding the quirk. Thx @HPS for the hint. [root@nas01 /usr/src]# svn diff sys/dev/usb/quirk/usb_quirk.c Index: sys/dev/usb/quirk/usb_quirk.c =================================================================== --- sys/dev/usb/quirk/usb_quirk.c (revision 290054) +++ sys/dev/usb/quirk/usb_quirk.c (working copy) @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ USB_QUIRK_VP(USB_VENDOR_SAMSUNG_TECHWIN, USB_PRODUCT_SAMSUNG_TECHWIN_DIGIMAX_410, UQ_MSC_FORCE_WIRE_BBB, UQ_MSC_FORCE_PROTO_SCSI, UQ_MSC_NO_INQUIRY), + USB_QUIRK(SAMSUNG, M3_PORTABLE, 0x0000, 0xffff, UQ_MSC_NO_SYNC_CACHE), USB_QUIRK(SANDISK, SDDR05A, 0x0000, 0xffff, UQ_MSC_FORCE_WIRE_CBI, UQ_MSC_FORCE_PROTO_SCSI, UQ_MSC_READ_CAP_OFFBY1, UQ_MSC_NO_GETMAXLUN), [root@nas01 /usr/src]# svn diff sys/dev/usb/usbdevs Index: sys/dev/usb/usbdevs =================================================================== --- sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (revision 290054) +++ sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (working copy) @@ -3812,6 +3812,7 @@ product SAMSUNG I500 0x6601 I500 Palm USB Phone product SAMSUNG I330 0x8001 I330 phone cradle product SAMSUNG2 RT2870_1 0x2018 RT2870 +product SAMSUNG M3_PORTABLE 0x61b7 M3 Portable Samsung # usbconfig -u 0 -a 4 dump_device_desc ugen0.4: <M3 Portable Samsung> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (36mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0300 bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <Probed by interface class> bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0009 idVendor = 0x04e8 idProduct = 0x61b7 bcdDevice = 0x0000 iManufacturer = 0x0002 <Samsung> iProduct = 0x0003 <M3 Portable> iSerialNumber = 0x0001 <NA820YR2> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
ps. https://wiki.freebsd.org/USB was a big help creating the quirk
not needed for newer freebsd versions