Re: [LAU] RME HDSPe ExpressCard interface

>From: Florian Faber <faber@email-addr-hidden>
>Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:25:30 +0200

>Plutek,
>
>> got it working -- under Windows, i re-installed the driver, which
>> brought the multiface back online. after that, the firmware loads
>> successfully under linux, and all is well. i *cannot*, however,
>> hotplug the ExpressCard under linux -- the multiface status light
>> behaves as it should (blinks with the ExpressCard out, and goes dark
>> when the ExpressCard is re-inserted), but hdspmixer comes up with all
>> meters at full-scale, and the unit does not function.
>
>Very strange. Send it over for debugging :)
>
>I continued testing and found that neither MADIface nor the normal RME
>ExpressCard are recognized in a Thinkpad X200 (Centrino 2). pciehp
>always runs into the following:
>
>[ 757.159762] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
>[ 757.183821] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
>[ 757.188186] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
>[ 757.212205] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
>
>etc. And a while after removing the card, the machine crashes with
>colorful pixelart (never had that in a long time).
>
>Same on the IdeaPad S10 (ICH7). With the Thinkpad r61 (Ricoh Chipset),
>everything works as it should.

meaning, you can hotplug the ExpressCard at will? what breakout box are you using with the normal RME ExpressCard?

>
>So I figure these problems rather come from a broken pciehp driver and
>bad/missing chipset support than from the hdsp(m) driver itself.
>
>
>Flo

-- 
.pltk.
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