not able to drive a PCMCIA harddisk, what to do?

11-15-2010, 02:32 PM

Hello.

I put in a PCMCIA harddisk and wait with the hope something new appear
as /dev/sda*, until the hope vanishes. I tried briefly google without
luck, yet finding detail howto only for 2.4 kernel (in linux document
project). Where do you suggest me to go on from here? Detail follows:

Script started on Mon 15 Nov 2010 02:43:07 PM UTC
root@ubuntu:~# dmesg | tail
[ 834.112153] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[ 834.115496] pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 4)
[ 834.195175] scsi5 : pata_pcmcia
[ 834.208260] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x100 ctl 0x10e irq 4
[ 839.372258] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 839.372397] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
[ 849.536245] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 849.536386] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
[ 859.700259] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 859.700399] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
root@ubuntu:~# pccardctl ls -v
Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:00:09.0)
Configuration: state: on ready: yes
Voltage: 3.3V Vcc: 3.3V Vpp: 0.0V
Socket 0 Device 0: [pata_pcmcia] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: TOSHIBA MK5002MPL
Identification: manf_id: 0x0098 card_id: 0x0000
function: 4 (fixed disk)
prod_id(1): "TOSHIBA" (0xb4585a1a)
prod_id(2): "MK5002MPL" (0xe39b7163)
prod_id(3): --- (---)
prod_id(4): --- (---)
root@ubuntu:~# pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "TOSHIBA", "MK5002MPL", "", ""
manfid: 0x0098, 0x0000
function: 4 (fixed disk)
root@ubuntu:~# ls -lR /sys/bus/pcmcia
/sys/bus/pcmcia:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:28 devices
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:43 drivers
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 drivers_autoprobe
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 drivers_probe
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 uevent

/sys/bus/pcmcia/devices:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:41 0.0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0.0

/sys/bus/pcmcia/drivers:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:43 pata_pcmcia

/sys/bus/pcmcia/drivers/pata_pcmcia:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:43 0.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0.0
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 bind
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-11-15 14:43 module -> ../../../../module/pata_pcmcia
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 new_id
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 uevent
--w------- 1 root root 4096 2010-11-15 14:43 unbind
root@ubuntu:~# exit

Script done on Mon 15 Nov 2010 02:44:48 PM UTC

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11-15-2010, 03:31 PM

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:32:47 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote:

> I put in a PCMCIA harddisk and wait with the hope something new appear
> as /dev/sda*, until the hope vanishes. I tried briefly google without
> luck, yet finding detail howto only for 2.4 kernel (in linux document
> project). Where do you suggest me to go on from here? Detail follows:
>
> Script started on Mon 15 Nov 2010 02:43:07 PM UTC root@ubuntu:~# dmesg |
> tail

What a strange name for a machine running Debian >;-P

> [ 834.112153] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
> [ 834.115496] pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 4)
> [ 834.195175] scsi5 : pata_pcmcia
> [ 834.208260] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x100 ctl 0x10e irq 4
> [ 839.372258] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
> [ 839.372397] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
> [ 849.536245] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
> [ 849.536386] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
> [ 859.700259] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
> [ 859.700399] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)

(...)

Maybe you find something of interest in this kernel mailing list thread:

2.6.23-rc9-git4: pata_pcmcia, disabling IRQ #9 and Re: libata and legacy
ide pcmcia failure
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/3/21/1217354/thread

Greetings,

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11-16-2010, 12:10 AM

On 11/16/2010 12:31 AM, Camaleón wrote:

What a strange name for a machine running Debian>;-P

Sorry, the machine is really debian, but in doubt of whether or not this
is a debian-specific problem I decide to try my luck with Ubuntu live CD
and stuck there as well (although not sure if it is 100% the same error
as I had on Debian), so directly send the original post from Ubuntu
live-CD. Besides, this issue feels kernel-related, I guess I would not
have much luck in Ubuntu community as they are more usage-oriented than
technology oriented (which IMHO is a good thing!).

Thanks for introducing me to kernel list.

Best.

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