From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756972AbZHZGy1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:54:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756845AbZHZGy0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:54:26 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:55732 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756769AbZHZGyZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:54:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:45:45 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mike Mohr Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: expresscard hotplug not working Message-ID: <20090826064545.GA7023@kroah.com> References: <4746469c0908251817u225609bax66ea27261a1ef038@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4746469c0908251817u225609bax66ea27261a1ef038@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 06:17:28PM -0700, Mike Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > I think I'm having a similar problem to the fellow listed here: > > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2007/10/16/344543 > > The only difference is that no card will work at all unless it is > inserted before system power is turned on. If the card is removed > while the system is running it stops working and will never return to > life unless the system is rebooted with the card in the slot. > > My kernel is configured exactly as this page describes: > > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/ExpressCard > > However, I do not receive anything in dmesg except the reports of the > driver being unloaded and/or loaded. Attempts to insert the card > after the machine is up elicit no kernel messages. I'm thinking there > may be a missing PCI ID somewhere in the pciehp/pci_hotplug driver(s), > but I could well be mistaken. Do you have the acpiphp or pciehp driver loaded before trying to insert your card? thanks, greg k-h