(resend, fixed mailing list address) On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:07:36 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8885 > > Summary: Unable to access memory card reader anymore > Product: IO/Storage > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.23-rc3 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: SCSI > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.22.1, maybe 2.6.23-rc2 > Distribution: Slackware 12.0 > Hardware Environment: Athlon64 3000, laptop Aspire 1511LMi, nForce3 150 > Software Environment: Kernel 2.6.23-rc3, blockdev, udev, KDE 3.5.7 > Problem Description: > With kernel 2.6.22.1, when I plug a memory card in the integrated card reader > of my laptop, the card is detected and KDE(via udev) asks me for mounting the > device. > With kernel 2.6.23-rc3, this does not happens anymore: > - first, at boot, there are some new lines in dmesg saying /dev/sda is seen > but > size cannot be get (normal: there is no memory card in the reader); > - second, plugging the card does nothing; > - third, issuing "blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sda" does not work; > - finally, fdisk /dev/sda fails (unable to open /dev/sda). > So the device seems to be completly unusable now (this is a Thomson card > reader > if I remember well). > > dmesg output for 2.6.22.1-cfs19 and 2.6.23-rc3 appended to show the > differences. > > Steps to reproduce: > Maybe the problem is specific to my hardware. I presume: boot with an empty > card reader connected, the plug the card and see it is inaccessible? > I'm struggling a bit to work out if this is a scsi bug, a USB bug, an MMC bug or whatever. But it's a bug. Michal, can you please track this as a post-2.6.22 regression? Others: can you please take a look at the dmesg output, see if we can work out which subsystem is (newly) failing? Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
