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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: vb <vb@vsbe.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Mounting CF flash card in 2.6.25
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:19:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080603171923.7aaf87b5@core> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f608b67d0806021906g3020db3bve6515cbc8c7d99b5@mail.gmail.com>

> scsi0 : pata_platform
> ata1: PATA max PIO6 mmio cmd 0xfc000000 ctl 0xfc00020c irq 20
> ata1.00: CFA: CF 512MB, 06/07/29, max PIO4
> ata1.00: 1028160 sectors, multi 0: LBA
> ata1.00: configured for PIO
> ata1.00: configured for PIO
> ata1: EH complete
> scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      CF 512MB         06/0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> 
> 
> which tells me that the card is being recognized. However, there is no
> appropriate device get created in the /dev directory. Examining

The /dev creation is up to your initrd.

> impression that the one in pata_of_platform is supposed to do for a
> generic CF card.

In your case it seems to be correct.

> What needs to be done to get the device created and mapped to  a
> generic CF card?

You need to ensure you have SCSI_DISK support included (as CF is a disk)
and you need your initrd either to create device nodes, or to prepack
them.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-03 16:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-03  2:06 Mounting CF flash card in 2.6.25 vb
2008-06-03 15:41 ` vb
2008-06-03 16:19 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-06-03 16:48   ` vb
2008-06-03 17:34     ` Michael Tokarev
2008-06-03 17:49       ` vb
2008-06-03 18:13       ` vb

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