Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263788AbTKRWRT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:17:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263792AbTKRWRT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:17:19 -0500 Received: from zeke.inet.com ([199.171.211.198]:10938 "EHLO zeke.inet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263788AbTKRWRS (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:17:18 -0500 Message-ID: <3FBA9A6B.1040404@inet.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:17:15 -0600 From: Eli Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030708 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Craig-Wood CC: Patrick Beard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Smartmedia 2.6.0-test9 problem. References: <20031118174828.GA26450@axis.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1662 Lines: 40 Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:11:26AM -0000, Patrick Beard wrote: > >>I have two smartmedia cards 16mb and 64mb. I have recently compiled >>the Debian source for Kernel 2.6.0-test9. I normally only use my >>64mb card together with a usb reader. The problem I have led me to >>the wrong conclusion which I reported to this group. For this I >>apologise. > > > I wonder if you are seeing the same thing I see... > > I have several different sized memory cards which I use using a usb > adaptor. The kernel (I've only tried 2.4 not 2.6) recognises the > first one fine, but refuses to update its internal knowledge of the > size of the card so if I insert a different sized one it doesn't mount > properly. > > The work-around I use is to "rmmod usb-storage ; modprobe usb-storage" > whenever I change memory card - this kicks the kernel into re-reading > the size of the media (or maybe the partition table) and it all works > fine after that. > > This obviously isn't ideal but I haven't found a better solution. > I've had this problem with 2.4 kernels as well, and use "unplug the reader, rmmod, plug in the reader". I reported this a long time ago, and didn't get any response IIRC. Eli --------------------. "If it ain't broke now, Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram eli.carter(a)inet.com `------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/