Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:17:15 -0600 | From | Eli Carter <> | Subject | Re: Smartmedia 2.6.0-test9 problem. |
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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.
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