udev / pcmcia-cs

[Dominik Brodowski]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:34:38PM -0400, Todd Blumer wrote:
> Since moving to kernel 2.6.12, I've had problems with CF memory cards.
> After doing some tracking, it seems that udev is removing the hda device
> in /dev before /etc/pcmcia/ide has a chance to run (to unmount the
> filesystem). Is the correct solution to inform udev to ignore pcmcia?
> That seems to work (e.g. mv /sbin/udevd /sbin/junk). What is the proper
> way to do this? I still need udev for SD/MMC.
> (Unfortunately, I'm not yet ready to move to pcmciautils.)

2.6.12 wouldn't be recent enough for pcmciautils anyway. When does this
behaviour appear: If you do a "cardctl eject", or if you simply remove the
CF memory card by ejecting it? Can't you "unmount /dev/hdX" first before
ejecting the device (no need to do cardctl eject then, I suppose)?

	Dominik