I had a similar problem with my Sony PCMCIA Memory Stick reader.  The
problem was that it originally probes with 16 bit transfers and then
retries with 32 bit transfers.  For me, it hung forever.  When I force it
to not do 32 bit transfers, then it is happy.  Manuel has worked up a fix
that is a bit more ellegant than what I did, but I have not yet tested it
for him.

Dave

> 	Is there a PR open on this?
> 
>                 David/absolute
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> 
> 
> On 15 Sep 2000, Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote:
> 
> > 
> > et1@attglobal.net (Ernst du Toit) writes:
> > > Are there any supported SmartMedia (aka SSFDC) readers?  I'm
> > > particularly interested in anything USB based, but any device might
> > > be worth considering.
> > 
> > I have the Newmedia pcmcia reader.  This can download my 4 meg cards
> > in ~3 seconds.
> > 
> > The Newmedia does have a significant bug under netbsd (including
> > -current) though.  It hangs the kernel for ~40 seconds whenever the
> > reader in first plugged in.  It is a bit of a drag to have your
> > portable freeze up and go into high-battery usage mode for 40 seconds
> > (especially when away from wall-power).  The battery doesn't last that
> > long as it and having your computer go into a spin-wait warming up the
> > CPU just adds insult to injury.
> > 
> > The Bug?  The kernel does a spin-wait for a status bit in the wdc
> > controller code that takes 40 seconds to come valid.  (Ideally the
> > kernel would really stop spin-waiting after a few milliseconds.)
> > 
> > -wolfgang
> > -- 
> >        Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang+gnus@dailyplanet.wsrcc.com>
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> > 
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