[ltp] continuing problems with CF cards in a PCMCIA adapter

[Peter F. Patel-Schneider]

From: Chris Schumann <chris@idlelion.net>
Subject: Re: [ltp] continuing problems with CF cards in a PCMCIA adapter
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:16:50 -0500 (CDT)

> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> > What doesn't work for me on a T60p, and I've seen quite a few other
> > reports indicating similar troubles, is using a CF to PCMCAI adapter
> > plugged into the PCMCIA slot of the machine.
> 
> I haven't tried CF recently, but I do have a SanDisk PCMCIA 6-in-1
> reader (SD, MS, etc) and it does work in my T60, T42, T41p and 600X.
> 
> CF did work in my 600X.
> 
> Chris

Interesting.  If this is something that plugs into the PCMCIA slot in a
T60, it would probably be useful to see what the /var/log/messages or
dmesg output is when it is plugged in, to see why it is different from
my experience.

This is what I see when I push my PCMCIA adapter and CF card into the
slot on the side of my T60p:

Mar 24 11:28:57 idefix kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Mar 24 11:28:57 idefix kernel: cs: memory probe 0xe4300000-0xe7ffffff: excluding 0xe4300000-0xe46cffff 0xe4e70000-0xe523ffff 0xe5db0000-0xe617ffff 0xe6cf0000-0xe70bffff
Mar 24 11:28:57 idefix kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
Mar 24 11:28:57 idefix kernel: scsi6 : pata_pcmcia
Mar 24 11:28:57 idefix kernel: ata7: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xa100 ctl 0xa10e irq 3
Mar 24 11:29:27 idefix kernel: ata7.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
Mar 24 11:29:27 idefix kernel: ata7.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
Mar 24 11:29:27 idefix kernel: ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
Mar 24 11:30:02 idefix kernel: ata7.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
Mar 24 11:30:02 idefix kernel: ata7.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
Mar 24 11:30:02 idefix kernel: ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs


peter