reassign 351685 linux-2.6 thanks Hi,
Joey Hess: > I inserted a pcmcia CF adapter containing a partition with a FAT filesystem > and tried to mount it, but /dev/hde1 was not there, though /dev/hde was. > I eventually realised that hde1 was being constantly deleted and > recreated over and over. I don't think this is a bug in pcmciautils. It's quite a simple package which doesn't do much. It is much more likely that the bug is in the kernel, although I guess it could be udev's fault too. Reassigning to the kernel for now. > ls showed it there and missing, randomly. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/>while :; do ls /dev/hde*; done > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde /dev/hde1 > ls: /dev/hde1: No such file or directory > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde /dev/hde1 > /dev/hde /dev/hde1 > /dev/hde /dev/hde1 > ls: /dev/hde1: No such file or directory > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > /dev/hde > > I manually used mknod to create the device file in /tmp, and then was > able to mount and access it with no difficulty. > > Here's the kernel log: > > Feb 6 12:27:23 dragon kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 > Feb 6 12:27:23 dragon kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 > Feb 6 12:27:24 dragon kernel: Probing IDE interface ide2... > Feb 6 12:27:24 dragon kernel: hde: Renesas XX.V.3.5.0.0, CFA DISK drive > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: ide2 at 0x100-0x107,0x10e on irq 3 > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: hde: max request size: 128KiB > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: hde: 2002896 sectors (1025 MB) w/1KiB Cache, > CHS=1987/16/63 > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: hde: cache flushes not supported > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: ide-cs: hde: Vcc = 3.3, Vpp = 0.0 > Feb 6 12:27:25 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:29:16 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:29:21 dragon last message repeated 37 times > Feb 6 12:29:46 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:30:16 dragon last message repeated 148 times > Feb 6 12:31:17 dragon last message repeated 386 times > Feb 6 12:32:01 dragon last message repeated 300 times > Feb 6 12:32:01 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:32:06 dragon last message repeated 28 times > Feb 6 12:32:06 dragon kernel: hde: hde1 > Feb 6 12:32:37 dragon last message repeated 145 times > Feb 6 12:33:38 dragon last message repeated 349 times > Feb 6 12:34:36 dragon last message repeated 442 times > > Apparently each of these "hde: hde1" printk's corresponds to a deletion > and recretion of the device node. After I mounted the device, used it for > a while, and unmounted it, this activity had stopped, now /dev/hde1 is stable. > > If I eject and re-insert the card, the same problem occurs. If I eject > the card while this storm is ongoing, my system freezes hard with the > pcmcia activity LED showing constant pcmcia activity. > > I don't really know if this is a pcmciautils, udev, kernel, or all three > bug. Using the 2.4 kernel and pcmcia-cs, this card works fine. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages pcmciautils depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.5-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libsysfs1 1.3.0-7 interface library to sysfs > ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-1 tools for managing Linux kernel > mo > > Versions of packages pcmciautils recommends: > ii udev 0.084-1 /dev/ and hotplug management > daemo > > -- no debconf information > > Here's what the kernel has to say about my pcmcia at boot: > > Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:0c.0 [10cf:10c6] > Yenta: adjusting diagnostic: 41 -> 61 > Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions > Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI > Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI > Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:0c.0, mfunc 0x00c61d22, devctl 0x46 > Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 9 > Socket status: 30000006 > -- Pelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
