Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:13:02 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem with 16-in-1 card reader Message-ID: <20060311201302.GJ840@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <441312B7.8010700@FreeBSD.org> References: <441312B7.8010700@FreeBSD.org>
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Alex Dupre wrote this message on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 19:11 +0100: > The problem arise when I replace the inserted CF with another one (with > different size and filesystem, for example an MSDOS formatted card) and > try to mount it. Fdisk can correctly > sees the new partition table, but devfs is not updated and I cannot > mount the new media. I tried to issue all sort of camcontrol commands > (rescan the bus, eject and load the device, ...) but the dev entries > remain unchanged (equal as boot time) even if the card is inserted or > removed (camcontrol tur can see if the media is ready or not). If I > issue new fdisk and bsdlabel write commands, the dev entries are updated > (I created the boot CF exactly in this way), but I can't find a way to > update them based on what is actually inserted. > The system is a recent 6.1-PRERELEASE. > > Any ideas or suggestions? In there a way to SW unplug/replug the umass0 > device and let FreeBSD recreate the correct device nodes? have you tried: cat /dev/null > /dev/da0 That will force a reprobe of the geom layer for the da0 device by opening it for write, and immediately closing it. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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