PCMCIA CF flashcard reader not recognised since kernel 2.6.20-10 (FIXED)

[Teunis]

I use a PCMCIA Compact Flash card adapter and since the upgrade to kernel 2.6.20-10 a few days ago this adapter is no longer available.

dmesg gives some information but I'm not sure what to make of it:

[13399.600000] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[13399.600000] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[13399.640000] ata2: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xC100 ctl 0xC10E bmdma 0x0 irq 3
[13399.640000] scsi1 : pata_pcmcia
[13399.796000] ATA: abnormal status 0x84 on port 0xC107
[13399.812000] ATA: abnormal status 0x84 on port 0xC107
[13399.956000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000004d
[13399.956000] printing eip:
[13399.956000] f8916dad
[13399.956000] *pde = 00000000
[13399.956000] Oops: 0000 [#1]
[13399.956000] SMP
[13399.956000] Modules linked in: fuse pata_pcmcia ipv6 binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nfs nfsd exportfs lockd sunrpc i915 drm ppdev speedstep_ich speedstep_lib cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_conservative tc1100_wmi pcc_acpi dev_acpi sony_acpi video toshiba_acpi sbs i2c_ec i2c_core dock button battery container ac asus_acpi backlight nls_utf8 ntfs lp snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss joydev pcmcia snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core parport_pc parport snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pcspkr psmouse shpchp pci_hotplug serio_raw iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support af_packet intel_agp agpgart tsdev evdev ext3 jbd mbcache ide_cd cdrom ide_disk ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod usbhid hid piix e100 mii generic ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap

Booting with an older kernel (2.6.17) makes the card mount fine:

[17179669.988000] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[17179669.988000] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[17179670.028000] ata2: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xC100 ctl 0xC10E bmdma 0x0 irq 3
[17179670.328000] ata2: dev 0 cfg 49:0200 82:0000 83:0000 84:0000 85:0000 86:0000 87:0000 88:0000
[17179670.328000] ata2: dev 0 ATA-0, max PIO0, 3970048 sectors: LBA
[17179670.328000] scsi1 : pata_pcmcia
[17179670.348000] Vendor: ATA Model: Memory Card Adap Rev: 2001
[17179670.348000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
[17179670.360000] SCSI device sda: 3970048 512-byte hdwr sectors (2033 MB)
[17179670.364000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17179670.364000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[17179670.368000] SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through
[17179670.372000] SCSI device sda: 3970048 512-byte hdwr sectors (2033 MB)
[17179670.372000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17179670.372000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[17179670.372000] SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through
[17179670.372000] sda: sda1
[17179670.380000] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[17179670.380000] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0


Any one with knowledge on the subject?

[Teunis]

Re: PCMCIA CF flashcard reader not recognised since kernel 2.6.20-10

Since today's (22-Mar-2007) upgrades (vmlinuz-2.6.20-12-generic) the PCMCIA flashcard reader is recognised again, now as sdb1.
And a nice camera Icon shows up on the desktop.