Description of problem: 2 symptoms. 1) System hangs at boot while "Starting UDEV:" and 2) I have a PCMCIA CF card adaptor. If I take it out, then the system will boot, but when I plug in the card, it fails to mount. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. have PCMCIA card inserted 2. boot and watch freeze 3. Actual results: 1) System hangs at boot while "Starting UDEV:" and 2) I have a PCMCIA CF card adaptor. If I take it out, then the system will boot, but when I plug in the card, it fails to mount. Expected results: Additional info: when I plug in the pcmcia adaptor I get the following in messages: Sep 13 08:52:56 dufus kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Sep 13 08:52:56 dufus kernel: cs: memory probe 0xecb00000-0xecbfffff: excluding 0xecb00000-0xecb0ffff 0xecbf0000-0xecbfffff Sep 13 08:52:56 dufus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Sep 13 08:52:56 dufus kernel: scsi2 : pata_pcmcia Sep 13 08:52:56 dufus kernel: ata3: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x2100 ctl 0x210e irq 3 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: ata3.00: CFA: Hitachi ATA Card, Rev 1.0, max PIO2 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: ata3.00: 125184 sectors, multi 0: LBA Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: ata3.00: configured for PIO0 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: ata3.00: configured for PIO0 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: isa bounce pool size: 16 pages Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Hitachi ATA Card Rev PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 125184 512-byte hardware sectors (64 MB) Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 125184 512-byte hardware sectors (64 MB) Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sdb: sdb1 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.1 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: 0.1: GetNextTuple: No more items Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: pata_pcmcia: probe of 0.1 failed with error -12 Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: 0.1: GetNextTuple: No more items Sep 13 08:52:57 dufus kernel: pata_pcmcia: probe of 0.1 failed with error -12
Fixed. Rather obscure bug in the pcmcia code. Will send the patch to Linus hopefully to make 2.6.27
SWEET! Thank you very much.
Patch now in Linus tree.
kernel-2.6.26.6-46.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.26.6-46.fc8
Patch also in 2.6.26.6-46.fc9
kernel-2.6.26.6-71.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.26.6-71.fc9
Can't wait to try it! Thanks.
kernel-2.6.26.6-79.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-8929
So far it's good. Booted and can access it, unmount, eject and remount all works fine. The only problem is with the instructions. "su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'" The repo is updates-testing-newkey
kernel-2.6.26.6-79.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.