Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263821AbTKRXIP (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:08:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263822AbTKRXIP (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:08:15 -0500 Received: from zeke.inet.com ([199.171.211.198]:25533 "EHLO zeke.inet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263821AbTKRXIK (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:08:10 -0500 Message-ID: <3FBAA657.8070406@inet.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:08:07 -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: Eli Carter CC: Nick Craig-Wood , Patrick Beard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Smartmedia 2.6.0-test9 problem. References: <20031118174828.GA26450@axis.demon.co.uk> <3FBA9A6B.1040404@inet.com> 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: 1848 Lines: 46 Eli Carter wrote: > 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. Oh, I just realized... I should mention that I was having this problem with CompactFlash cards of differing sizes/partitioning. 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/