Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 168440
Doesn't recognize Lexar Cardbus CF reader after first bootup
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:33 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4 Description of problem: I have installed my IBM A22M laptop a few times with FC4. If Install it with my Lexar Cardbus Compact Flash reader in the pcmcia slot, the card will be mountable on first bootup. I don't believe it will auto- matically show in fstab, but I can enter it and it in is /proc/partitions. After rebooting, even if I don't do updates, it will never detect again, even the partition won't be listed, unless I reinstall again. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): any version How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put card reader in pcmcia slot 2. Install FC4 3. First bootup, check fstab, it shall list 4 Reboot 5 Check fstab, does not show Actual Results: cat /proc/partitions only show HDD partitions Expected Results: cat /proc/partitions should show cardbus CF and HDD partitions Additional info: 16-bit Sandisk CF reader continues to work just "fine" (another bug report since pcmcia doesn't automount like it did in FC3).
Created attachment 118876 [details] /var/logs/messages for Sandisk /var/logs/messages events that occur when I put in my 16bit Sandisk (no events for Lexar).
So, what does "cardctl ident" say?
cardctl ident: Socket 1: cs: warning: no high memory space available! no product info available cardctl status: Socket 1: 3.3V CardBus card function 0: [ready]
The 2.6.11-1.1369 Kernel that is originally comes with FC4 has a kernel module: delkin_cb.ko and loads it. Upgrades of the kernel doesn't load this driver. This looks like it is for delkin based cardbus cards, however it seems to work for the lexar as well. I tried insmod'ing the module from the prior kernel, but couldn't. Message: "insmod error inserting 'path/file'" modules is located at: /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/delkin_cb.ko If this module is the answer, why isn't it provided every kernel. Why would it be dropped for the updates? Any ideas how to fix this. I prefer not to compile my own kernels and going back to 11 isn't very fun either.
pcmcia-cs is obsolete and has been removed from Fedora Core. It is not present in FC5 or FC6, the only fully supported versions of Fedora Core. (FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only.) It has been replaced by pcmciautils. Due to the change in codebase, can you please retest this bug against pcmciautils in FC5 or FC6? If the bug is still present there, please change the Component to pcmciautils and the version appropriately. Thanks! If there is no response within several weeks, the bug will be closed.
I am unable to do further testing on this issue.
Per the previous comment, closing bug since pcmcia-cs is no longer supported. If a similar bug still exists in pcmciautils, the replacement for pcmcia-cs, please reopen the bug or file a new one.