I'm not sure what to tell you from here. If you could find out if the
cf card works in some other machine and gets its fs type you'd at
least be eliminating some possibilities. You could also flash a new
rootfs to your gumstix to see if that fixes it.
On 8/17/07, Ian Macdonald <ickphum@...> wrote:
> udevmonitor is silent during card eject/insert.
>
> If the device files are only created on card insertion, does the card need
> to be formatted before this will happen? Seems kind of unlikely.
>
>
> On 8/18/07, Chris Dollar <chris.dollar@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > > Re the missing /dev/hda* device files, if a netstix was booted without a
> CF
> > > card inserted, would these files be expected to be there? If so, then
> this
> > > seems to be the core of the problem.
> >
> > I think those files get created by udev rules when it detects a
> > storage cf card, but I can't say for sure.
> >
> > Mabye try running udevmonitor while you insert/eject the card and see
> > if it gives any clues...
> >
> > On 8/17/07, Ian Macdonald <ickphum@...> wrote:
> > > # pccardctl ident
> > > Socket 0:
> > > no product info available
> > >
> > > I commented out these lines:
> > > # alias mwlan0 cfio
> > > # install cfio /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install cfio && /sbin/modprobe
> mcf25
> > > from /etc/modprobe.conf and rebooted but nothing has changed (except
> that
> > > these modules are not listed by lsmod).
> > >
> > > Re the missing /dev/hda* device files, if a netstix was booted without a
> CF
> > > card inserted, would these files be expected to be there? If so, then
> this
> > > seems to be the core of the problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/18/07, Chris Dollar <chris.dollar@...> wrote:
> > > > Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I notice you have the
> > > > modules for a wifistix loaded (mcf25 & cfio). IIRC the gumstix 'sees'
> > > > the wifi module as a cf card... mabye rmmoding those modules (or
> > > > better yet, just remove them from your gumstix since you're using a
> > > > netcf) will get it to see your cf card. You might have to do a clean
> > > > boot without getting those modules loaded to really make a difference.
> > > > Then again, it might have nothing to do with it ;)
> > > >
> > > > And another thing to check is what 'pccardctl ident' shows your cf
> card
> > > as.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > On 8/17/07, Ian Macdonald < ickphum@...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/18/07, Chris Dollar < chris.dollar@...> wrote:
> > > > > > Some more questions to help narrow the problem...
> > > > > > What is the output from lsmod?
> > > > >
> > > > > # lsmod
> > > > > Module Size Used by
> > > > > mcf25 202332 0
> > > > > cfio 5216 1 mcf25
> > > > > af_packet 16840 4
> > > > > g_ether 23648 0
> > > > > pxa2xx_udc 14404 1 g_ether
> > > > > gumstix_gadget 1504 1 pxa2xx_udc
> > > > > proc_gpio 7352 0
> > > > > gumstix_bluetooth 1472 0
> > > > > pxa2xx_cs 3108 2
> > > > > pxa2xx_core 10368 1 pxa2xx_cs
> > > > > pcmcia 24264 1 cfio
> > > > > pcmcia_core 31152 4 mcf25,cfio,pxa2xx_core,pcmcia
> > > > > firmware_class 8000 1 pcmcia
> > > > > smc91x 16164 0
> > > > > mii 4800 1 smc91x
> > > > > gumstix_smc91x 2848 1 smc91x
> > > > > unix 22996 16
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is this a 'stock' 1161 filesystem, or have you made kernel
> changes,
> > > etc?
> > > > >
> > > > > I've made no changes at all; this machine was given to me new out
> of
> > > the
> > > > > box AFAIK and I have to get it going.
> > > > >
> > > > > > What filesystem is the cf card using? (fat, ext2, ...)
> > > > >
> > > > > No idea; the card is a A Data 2GB 80X and was supplied to me with
> the
> > > > > netstix. I don't have any other devices I can test the card with
> right
> > > now.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Have you setup the modules to load the pcmcia stuff instead of mmc
> > > > > > (like the MOTD says when you login)?
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't changed /etc/modules; this is what is contains (which
> looks
> > > > > correct from my reading of the MOTD):
> > > > >
> > > > > # MMC support -- uncomment the next two lines to enable MMC if not
> using
> > > CF
> > > > > #mmc_block
> > > > > #pxamci
> > > > >
> > > > > # Compact Flash support -- Must load smc91x first!!
> > > > > smc91x
> > > > > pcmcia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Anything else weird about your environment/setup that could be
> causing
> > > > > issues?
> > > > >
> > > > > Not AFAIK
> > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 8/17/07, Ian Macdonald < ickphum@...> wrote:
> > > > > > > No they weren't, and on Chris Dollar's advice I checked dmesg
> and it
> > > > > shows :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > on boot with CF card in place and a similar pair of messages on
> > > > > > > remove/insert:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > pccard: card ejected from slot 0
> > > > > > > pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've seen dmesg dumps from other users (eg you, Peter) which
> show
> > > these
> > > > > > > lines and then go on to show a "pcmcia" line; the lack of this
> line
> > > for
> > > > > me
> > > > > > > is presumably significant.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 8/18/07, Peter Lu < plu777@... > wrote:
> > > > > > > > If you can't do "fdisk -l /dev/hda" then do "ls -l /dev/hda*"
> and
> > > see
> > > > > if
> > > > > > > your device nodes were ever created.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 8/16/07, Ian Macdonald < ickphum@... > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've got a netstix running release 1161 (linux 2.6.18gum)
> and I
> > > > > don't
> > > > > > > see a /dev/hda1 device for the CF card. Doesn't matter whether I
> > > boot
> > > > > with
> > > > > > > the card inserted or insert it later.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > --
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> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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