sd.c - "Spinning up disk..." on usb-storage flash reader

sd.c - "Spinning up disk..." on usb-storage flash reader

[Jonathan Thorpe]

Greetings,

I recently upgraded to 2.6.3 from 2.4.25 and whilst most things work, there is a problem that I'm having with a Scanlogic/Cypress SL11R-IDE CompactFlash/SmartMedia reader.

When I run the reader with a CompactFlash card, the SCSI disk (sd.c) is attempting to "spin up" the SmartMedia socket, which does not contain media. If I were to insert a SmartMedia card, the problem goes away.

Below are some relevant logs from the kernel:

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scsi14 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
  Vendor: ScanLogi  Model: SL11R-IDE         Rev: 0074
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sdc: Spinning up disk..........................................................................................
.............not responding...
sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdc : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 
Current sd: sense = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
sdc: assuming Write Enabled
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: Spinning up disk..........................................................................................
.............not responding...
sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdc : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 
Current sd: sense = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
sdc: assuming Write Enabled
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: Spinning up disk..........................................................................................
.............not responding...
sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdc : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 
Current sd: sense = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
sdc: assuming Write Enabled
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdc:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
 sdc:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi14, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
  Vendor: ScanLogi  Model: SL11R-IDE         Rev: 0074
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sdd: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense = 70  0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
SCSI device sdd: 500737 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
sdd: assuming Write Enabled
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI error: host 14 id 0 lun 1 return code = 8000002
  Sense class 7, sense error 0, extended sense 0
SCSI device sdd: 500737 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
sdd: assuming Write Enabled
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 500737 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
sdd: assuming Write Enabled
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
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I have two of these readers, one with slightly newer firmware which does not have this problem.

Are there any checks that I can incorporate into sd.c to see if the device is removable? The 2.4.2x kernel seemed a little more robust with checking whether or not the device was removable (i.e. USB flash memory readers), perhaps a little friendlier to firmware bugs.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Please CC as I am not subscribed to the list: jthorpe at bigpond dot net dot au.

Thanks,
Jonathan