It should assign a device name even if no card is present. You might want to try a newer kernel, I'm sure there have been a lot of bug fixes in the last three years.
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Franklin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi lists, > > I'm using a (customized) kernel 2.4.18, and on our board we had to use a CF > card > reader. > > If I inserted the reader into the usb slot WITH A CF CARD PLUGGED INSIDE IT, > the > kernel could detect the usb host and media successfully, and the sd module > would > assign a device (e.g. sda) to it. > > However, if I inserted the reader WITHOUT ANY CARD PLUGGED, the kernel could > detect the usb host only, and no device is assigned. > > In other words, the 2.4 kernel could not detect if I inserted or removed a CF > card. > > I tried it for the 2.6 kernel on my own PC. I found that the device (sda) was > assigned even if no cards available while plugging the card reader into usb > slot. > > I used to search the linux-usb-users mailing list archive, and found only one > topic about this issue, which was at August 2004. No solutions for kernel > 2.4 then. > > Could anyone please give me some hints about this? Is it possible to detect > the > card insertion/removal? Or is it possible to be like kernel 2.6, that the > device is assigned regardless of the availability of the CF card? > > Thank you for your reply. > > > Frank Weng > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCdt9x2tS+js/1yxYRAhxsAKCLTmybYKmfdcn28ENSgHjzqWPqNQCeNC6/ > xzcmiGn1W/etjfGBoeTLzFw= > =+Xaz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 > opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to > win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
