Re: Smartmedia 2.6.0-test9 problem.

Eli Carter
2003-11-18T22:17:19Z

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
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