ExpressCard hotplug issue

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Hi there,

After Installation of openSuSe 12.3 my eSATA ExpressCard stop working. Can anybody advice me how to resolve this issue please?

In the logs I can see following messages:


2013-04-23T23:32:34.792456+01:00 linux kernel: [54138.382782] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card not present on Slot(3)
 2013-04-23T23:32:34.810439+01:00 linux kernel: [54138.400250] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card present on Slot(3)
 2013-04-23T23:32:34.918439+01:00 linux kernel: [54138.508923] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card not present on Slot(3)
 2013-04-23T23:32:34.931425+01:00 linux kernel: [54138.521048] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card present on Slot(3)
 2013-04-23T23:32:36.085456+01:00 linux kernel: [54139.675074] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Failed to check link status
 2013-04-23T23:32:36.088456+01:00 linux kernel: [54139.678063] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Failed to check link status

uname -a


 Linux laptop.home 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 28 15:06:29 UTC 2013 (82d3f21) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
 00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)
 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
 00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
 15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
 15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
 15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
 15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
 15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)

Please note that on openSuSe 12.2 I didn’t have any issues neither with this card not kernel hot-plugging facilities. If you need more technical details please give me a shout.

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I see a suggestion to try the kernel load option “pcie_aspm=off” at the URL here: Dell Vostro 3550: pci_hotplug+acpiphp require 'pcie_aspm=force' on kernel command-line for hotplug to work - Patchwork

I have a nice bash script to work with Grub2 called grub2cmd you can find here: GNU Grub2 Command Listing Helper with --help & Input - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

You could basically try the kernel load command one time, using the Grub 2 menu edit command as shown here: How to Start openSUSE 12.3 with Grub 2 into Run Level 3 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums , but use pcie_aspm=off instead of a 3 or nomodeset, just to see if it helps.

If it does help, you can edit the file /etc/default/grub as root and edit the line that starts with: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" , and add in your command **“pcie_aspm=off” **on that line inside the exiting quotes, perhaps as the end. Then you must update the grub2 menu, something my bash script grub2cmd does for you or you can open up terminal and execute the command:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

You could also give kernel 3.8 or even kernel 3.9 a try. Have a look at my blog on the subject of installing new kernel versions you can find here: openSUSE and Installing New Linux Kernel Versions - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,