Re: Smartmedia 2.6.0-test9 problem.

Nick Craig-Wood
2003-11-18T17:48:31Z

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.

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Nick Craig-Wood
ncw1@axis.demon.co.uk