No PCI-expresscard support in Lupu-528?

[otropogo]

I recently bought a Sabrent USB 3.0 Expresscard adapter and a SATA to USB 3.0 drive connector. The throughputs in Windows were a disappointing fraction of the advertised speeds, but it was a pleasant surprise to discover that under Knoppix, without any USB 3.0 drivers, the drive was detected and wrote almost as fast as under Windows USB 3.0 drivers.

However, Puppy is unable to detect the drive when attached to the USB 3.0 expresscard adapter at all (when attached to the laptop's USB 2.0 port, it is recognized and mounts and performs normally).

Since I don't have any other expresscard adapters at the moment, I can't test any further. But would like to know whether in fact, lupu-528 doesn't support the expresscard bus at all, or whether it can be tweaked to support it. My searches on this subject have been inconclusive, but I assume that, since Knoppix 6.7 (DVD -en) can recognize and mount this drive on this bus automatically (so long as enough power is available to the port) it's not a linux issue, and should be doable in lupu as well...

[tempestuous]

But would like to know whether in fact, lupu-528 doesn't support the expresscard bus at all

There are quite a number of people on this forum successfully using expresscards with Puppy, mainly with 3G modem devices. So it's quite clear that the expresscard interface is supported.
So I think it's more likely a case of your particular expresscard device not being recognised or supported.
Since your expresscard is a USB3.0 interface, a fair guess is that you need the USB3.0 driver, available for Puppy versions 5.1 - 5.2.8 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 853#453853
After installing the dotpet, reboot (obviously).

If still no success, you should run the "dmesg" command to look for clues, and report anything relevant.

[otropogo]

But would like to know whether in fact, lupu-528 doesn't support the expresscard bus at all

Since your expresscard is a USB3.0 interface, a fair guess is that you need the USB3.0 driver, available for Puppy versions 5.1 - 5.2.8 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 853#453853

Excellent. Thanks.

After installing the dotpet, reboot (obviously).

Not obvious to me, as many pets seem to work for me without rebooting, or at most, restarting X. But thanks for the tip also.

Sadly, the performance is rather disappointing. I spent some tedious hours testing transfers between hard drives and between hard drives and a fast (Class10, 200x) Dane-elec SD card in a Delkin USB 3.0 card reader. The card claims the Class 10 rating guarantees a minimum write speed of 10MB/s, but in a dozen tries I only came close to that speed once, while copying the Knoppix 6.7 DVD iso of 3.8GB. That copied at 14MB/s. Everything else I tried (several bundles of text files and mixed jpeg and RAW files) clocked in at less than 4MB/s and as low as 2MB/s, a fifth of the promised minimum.

Writes of the same files between two hard drives via the same USB 3.0 adapter ranged from a low of 19MB/s (2,000 text files) through 38MB/s (several hundred large jpeg and RAW files) to a high of 46.5MB/s for a single 3.8GB iso. Hardly stellar, but clearly the slow card writes weren't caused by the USB 3 adapter.

Reads from the SD card to the laptop (writing to the hdd) were faster, at 19.8MB/s for bundled image files.

One strange development was that, after recognizing the the USB 3 drives on the adapter after the first reboot, the driver didn't work on the following reboot,
then worked again after another reboot.

[tempestuous]

After installing the dotpet, reboot (obviously).

Not obvious to me

Obvious in terms of the explicit instructions I provided where the dotpet was attached ... but I was just hammering home the point, since there have been way too many instances of newcomers not following (important) instructions provided by dotpet contributors.

as many pets seem to work for me without rebooting

... it depends on the type of dotpet - any driver-related dotpet should always involve a reboot, unless you fully understand how driver-loading works in Linux, then you can manually load the driver, yourself.
But again, it comes down to following instructions ... and yes, sadly some dotpet contributors don't give good instructions.

[otropogo]

If still no success, you should run the "dmesg" command to look for clues, and report anything relevant.

As mentioned previously, the usb3 driver failed to work on the second reboot, then worked again on the third. I made a small 2fs file just to keep there then reinstalled the driver on my main 2fs file. But on reboot failed to work.

I rebooted several times, but without any success. I then tried rebooting with the original 2fs file that had worked successfully twice, and which I had used several hours for testing the usb3 transfer speeds. This time round it failed to boot no matter how many times I tried it.

Without changing anything in the hardware configuration, I booted with Windows7 and USB3 was accessible there. I then tried lupu again by adding a USB3 card reader to the USB3 adapter, it also failed to be recognized. OTOH, both the drive and the card reader worked fine when moved to the USB2 port.

Finally, I ran the dmesg command, as you suggested, on the smaller configuration, the only one that had actually successfully mounted any usb3 devices.

I saved the output, and then rebooted with my main 2fs file to post my message her. And at that boot, for the first time with the larger 2fs file, the drive on the usb3 port was detected, but still no success.

This time (unlike the other two times), there was a warning popup in red (which unfortunately I can't copy and paste):

The ntfs-3g driver was unable to mount the NRFGS partition and returned this error message:
fuse:mountpoint is not empty
fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option

So, the inbuilt kernel NTFS driver has been used
to mount the partition read-only

okay

I don't think this is related to the USB3 problem, since several previous attempts to access USB3 also involved the card reader holding an SD card formated as Vfat.

sh-4.1# dmesg
FD7 (v02 Intel CANTIGA 06040000 INTL 20060608)
ACPI: FACS bdf9efc0 00040
ACPI: HPET bdffed14 00038 (v01 INTEL CRESTLNE 06040000 LOHR 0000005A)
ACPI: MCFG bdffed4c 0003C (v01 INTEL CRESTLNE 06040000 LOHR 0000005A)
ACPI: SLIC bdffed88 00176 (v01 TOSCPL TOSCPL00 06040000 LOHR 00000000)
ACPI: OSFR bdffeefe 00072 (v01 TOSHIB A+2nd ID 06040000 TASM 04010000)
ACPI: APIC bdffef70 00068 (v01 PTLTD ? APIC 06040000 LTP 00000000)
ACPI: BOOT bdffefd8 00028 (v01 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 06040000 LTP 00000001)
ACPI: SSDT bdfe2000 00655 (v01 PmRef CpuPm 00003000 INTL 20050624)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
2152MB HIGHMEM available.
887MB LOWMEM available.
mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
low ram: 0 - 377fe000
node 0 low ram: 00000000 - 377fe000
node 0 bootmap 00008000 - 0000ef00
(14 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 00377fe000]
#0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0001000000 - 000144c744] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0001000000 - 000144c744]
#3 [000144d000 - 0001453170] BRK ==> [000144d000 - 0001453170]
#4 [00000f6780 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [00000f6780 - 0000100000]
#5 [00000f6770 - 00000f6780] MP-table mpf ==> [00000f6770 - 00000f6780]
#6 [000009f400 - 000009f971] BIOS reserved ==> [000009f400 - 000009f971]
#7 [000009fb3d - 00000f6770] BIOS reserved ==> [000009fb3d - 00000f6770]
#8 [000009f971 - 000009fb3d] MP-table mpc ==> [000009f971 - 000009fb3d]
#9 [0000002000 - 0000003000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000002000 - 0000003000]
#10 [0000003000 - 0000007000] ACPI WAKEUP ==> [0000003000 - 0000007000]
#11 [0000007000 - 0000008000] PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 0000008000]
#12 [0000100000 - 00002d06bc] NEW RAMDISK ==> [0000100000 - 00002d06bc]
#13 [0000008000 - 000000f000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000008000 - 000000f000]
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
HighMem 0x000377fe -> 0x000be000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[8] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000009f
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x000bdaa1
0: 0x000bdaa7 -> 0x000bdbbc
0: 0x000bdc0f -> 0x000bdd08
0: 0x000bdf0f -> 0x000bdf19
0: 0x000bdf1f -> 0x000bdf64
0: 0x000bdf9f -> 0x000bdfe1
0: 0x000bdfff -> 0x000be000
On node 0 totalpages: 777440
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c13c1ac0, node_mem_map c1455000
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 3967 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
HighMem zone: 4305 pages used for memmap
HighMem zone: 545906 pages, LIFO batch:31
Using APIC driver default
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 high edge)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
nr_irqs_gsi: 24
Allocating PCI resources starting at be000000 (gap: be000000:42000000)
setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:4 nr_cpumask_bits:4 nr_cpu_ids:2 nr_node_ids:1
PERCPU: Embedded 12 pages/cpu @c3000000 s25816 r0 d23336 u2097152
pcpu-alloc: s25816 r0 d23336 u2097152 alloc=1*4194304
pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 771359
Kernel command line: initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
xsave/xrstor: enabled xstate_bv 0x3, cntxt size 0x240
Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:000be000)
Memory: 3077084k/3112960k available (2614k kernel code, 31604k reserved, 1250k data, 328k init, 2200844k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfff6a000 - 0xfffff000 ( 596 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
.init : 0xc13c7000 - 0xc1419000 ( 328 kB)
.data : 0xc128d936 - 0xc13c62e0 (1250 kB)
.text : 0xc1000000 - 0xc128d936 (2614 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:384
Extended CMOS year: 2000
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
hpet clockevent registered
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 2194.607 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 4389.21 BogoMIPS (lpj=8778428)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
mce: CPU supports 6 MCE banks
CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
using mwait in idle threads.
Performance Events: Core2 events, Intel PMU driver.
... version: 2
... bit width: 40
... generic registers: 2
... value mask: 000000ffffffffff
... max period: 000000007fffffff
... fixed-purpose events: 3
... event mask: 0000000700000003
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
ACPI: Core revision 20091214
Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz stepping 0a
Booting Node 0, Processors #1 Ok.
Initializing CPU#1
Brought up 2 CPUs
Total of 2 processors activated (8778.16 BogoMIPS).
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-ff] at [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] (base 0xe0000000)
PCI: not using MMCONFIG
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 3.00 entry at 0xfddd1, last bus=38
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-ff] at [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] (base 0xe0000000)
PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] reserved in ACPI motherboard resources
PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1c, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; boot with "pci=use_crs" to use them
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x0d00-0xffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000d0000-0x000d3fff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000d4000-0x000d7fff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000e0000-0x000e3fff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0xc0000000-0xdfffffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xfebfffff] (ignored)
pci 0000:00:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:01.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1a.0: reg 20: [io 0x1800-0x181f]
pci 0000:00:1a.1: reg 20: [io 0x1820-0x183f]
pci 0000:00:1a.2: reg 20: [io 0x1840-0x185f]
pci 0000:00:1a.7: reg 10: [mem 0xf6404800-0xf6404bff]
pci 0000:00:1a.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1a.7: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10: [mem 0xf6400000-0xf6403fff 64bit]
pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.2: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1c.2: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.3: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1c.3: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1c.5: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io 0x1860-0x187f]
pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io 0x1880-0x189f]
pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io 0x18a0-0x18bf]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0xf6404c00-0xf6404fff]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 10: [io 0x18f0-0x18f7]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 14: [io 0x18e4-0x18e7]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 18: [io 0x18e8-0x18ef]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 1c: [io 0x18e0-0x18e3]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20: [io 0x18c0-0x18df]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 24: [mem 0xf6404000-0xf64047ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# supported from D3hot
pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x000000ff 64bit]
pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20: [io 0x1c00-0x1c1f]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xf3000000-0xf3ffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 1c: [mem 0xce000000-0xcfffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 24: [io 0x2000-0x207f]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0007ffff pref]
pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 10: [mem 0xf2100000-0xf2103fff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xf2100000-0xf3ffffff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xce000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xf4000000-0xf4001fff 64bit]
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-03]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: reg 10: [io 0x4000-0x40ff]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0xf2004000-0xf2004fff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: reg 20: [mem 0xf2000000-0xf2003fff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff pref]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:0e:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:0e:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI bridge to [bus 0e-0e]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: bridge window [io 0x4000-0x4fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: bridge window [mem 0xf2000000-0xf20fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:14:00.0: reg 10: [io 0x5000-0x50ff]
pci 0000:14:00.0: reg 14: [mem 0xf6000000-0xf6003fff]
pci 0000:14:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:14:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:14:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI bridge to [bus 14-14]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [io 0x5000-0x5fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf6000000-0xf60fffff]
pci 0000:20:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xf6100000-0xf61000ff]
pci 0000:20:00.2: reg 10: [mem 0xf6100400-0xf61004ff]
pci 0000:20:00.3: reg 10: [mem 0xf6100800-0xf61008ff]
pci 0000:20:00.4: reg 10: [mem 0xf6100c00-0xf6100cff]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge to [bus 20-20]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xf6100000-0xf61fffff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 26-26] (subtractive decode)
pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP03._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP04._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP06._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 *7 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
vgaarb: loaded
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
HPET: 4 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0, 0
hpet0: 4 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
Switching to clocksource tsc
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
system 00:02: [mem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0x0480-0x048f] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0xffff] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0xffff] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0x0400-0x047f] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0x1180-0x11ff] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0xfe00] has been reserved
system 00:04: [io 0xff2c-0xff7f] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed10000-0xfed13fff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff] has been reserved
system 00:08: [mem 0xfed45000-0xfed8ffff] has been reserved
pci 0000:00:1c.2: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0xc0000000-0xc03fffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: BAR 9: assigned [mem 0xc0400000-0xc05fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: BAR 9: assigned [mem 0xc0600000-0xc07fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: BAR 7: assigned [io 0x6000-0x6fff]
pci 0000:00:1f.3: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xc0800000-0xc08000ff 64bit]
pci 0000:00:1f.3: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xc0800000-0xc08000ff 64bit] (PCI address [0xc0800000-0xc08000ff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xf2180000-0xf21fffff pref]
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xf2100000-0xf3ffffff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xce000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-03]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:0e:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xf2020000-0xf203ffff pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI bridge to [bus 0e-0e]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: bridge window [io 0x4000-0x4fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: bridge window [mem 0xc0000000-0xc03fffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.2: bridge window [mem 0xf2000000-0xf20fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI bridge to [bus 14-14]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [io 0x5000-0x5fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf6000000-0xf60fffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xc0400000-0xc05fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge to [bus 20-20]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [io 0x6000-0x6fff]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xf6100000-0xf61fffff]
pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xc0600000-0xc07fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 26-26]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io disabled]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem disabled]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem pref disabled]
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
pci 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
pci 0000:00:1c.2: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
pci 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
pci 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xf2100000-0xf3ffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xce000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:0e: resource 0 [io 0x4000-0x4fff]
pci_bus 0000:0e: resource 1 [mem 0xc0000000-0xc03fffff]
pci_bus 0000:0e: resource 2 [mem 0xf2000000-0xf20fffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:14: resource 0 [io 0x5000-0x5fff]
pci_bus 0000:14: resource 1 [mem 0xf6000000-0xf60fffff]
pci_bus 0000:14: resource 2 [mem 0xc0400000-0xc05fffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:20: resource 0 [io 0x6000-0x6fff]
pci_bus 0000:20: resource 1 [mem 0xf6100000-0xf61fffff]
pci_bus 0000:20: resource 2 [mem 0xc0600000-0xc07fffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:26: resource 3 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:26: resource 4 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 1857k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/W].
msgmni has been set to 1717
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pcieport 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:01.0: irq 24 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:1c.2: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:1c.2: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12b
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0x33 impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf led clo pmp pio slum part ccc sxs
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64
scsi0 : ahci
scsi1 : ahci
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
scsi4 : ahci
scsi5 : ahci
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf6404000 port 0xf6404100 irq 29
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf6404000 port 0xf6404180 irq 29
ata3: DUMMY
ata4: DUMMY
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf6404000 port 0xf6404300 irq 29
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf6404000 port 0xf6404380 irq 29
scsi6 : pata_legacy
ata7: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata5.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20N, CT10, max UDMA/133, ATAPI AN
ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2.00: ATA-8: TOSHIBA MK3263GSX, FG020M, max UDMA/100
ata2.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA TOSHIBA MK3263GS FG02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda:
scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20N CT10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 > sda4
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
scsi7 : pata_legacy
ata8: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 irq 15
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Freeing unused kernel memory: 328k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd04731/0xa40000
synaptics: Toshiba Satellite A500 detected, limiting rate to 40pps.
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input1
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: PCI INT C -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 19, io mem 0xf6404800
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT A -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xf6404c00
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x00001800
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x00001820
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: irq 19, io base 0x00001840
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x00001860
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x00001880
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x000018a0
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.0: SDHCI controller found [197b:2382] (rev 20)
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Registered led device: mmc0::
mmc0: SDHCI controller on PCI [0000:20:00.0] using ADMA
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.2: SDHCI controller found [197b:2381] (rev 20)
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.2: Refusing to bind to secondary interface.
sdhci-pci 0000:20:00.2: PCI INT A disabled
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
aufs 2-standalone.tree-33-20100329
fuse init (API version 7.13)
usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
input: HID 062a:0000 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input2
generic-usb 0003:062A:0000.0001: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 062a:0000] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
udev: starting version 151
ACPI: SSDT bdf1aca0 00223 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20050624)
ACPI: SSDT bdf19620 005A3 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20050624)
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
ACPI: SSDT bdf1aa20 001CF (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20050624)
ACPI: SSDT bdf1af20 0008D (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20050624)
Switching to clocksource hpet
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input3
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5
ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
acpi device:03: registered as cooling_device2
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6
ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT C -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ACPI: I/O resource 0000:00:1f.3 [0x1c00-0x1c1f] conflicts with ACPI region SMBI [0x1c00-0x1c0f]
ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 30 for MSI/MSI-X
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
r8169 0000:0e:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
r8169 0000:0e:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
r8169 0000:0e:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xf850a000, 00:26:22:3b:7a:be, XID 081000c0 IRQ 31
jmb38x_ms 0000:20:00.3: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
jmb38x_ms 0000:20:00.3: setting latency timer to 64
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
hda_codec: ALC272: BIOS auto-probing.
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
HDA Intel 0000:01:00.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
HDA Intel 0000:01:00.1: setting latency timer to 64
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB2.0 UVC WebCam (04f2:b128)
input: USB2.0 UVC WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input8
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
r8169: eth0: link down
r8169: eth0: link down
r8169: eth0: link down
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
hub 6-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 6-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 6-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
input: HID 062a:0000 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input9
generic-usb 0003:062A:0000.0002: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 062a:0000] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
scsi8 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0543 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
scsi 8:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0543 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 8:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
scsi 8:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0543 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 8:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
scsi 8:0:0:3: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0543 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 8:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
sd 8:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
scsi 8:0:0:4: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0543 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 8:0:0:4: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] 31244288 512-byte logical blocks: (15.9 GB/14.8 GiB)
sd 8:0:0:3: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 8:0:0:4: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Write Protect is off
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdd: sdd1
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 8:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
sh-4.1#

After posting the above, I added the card reader with the 16GB SD card to the USB3 bus, and it mounted without incident. I was able to copy a file from the ntfs drive to it, but couldn't copy in the other direction, because of the "read only" flag.

Then I rebooted, still with the same configuration, and this time both usb3 devices mounted automatically and without any write restrictions....

[otropogo]

....
Since your expresscard is a USB3.0 interface, a fair guess is that you need the USB3.0 driver, available for Puppy versions 5.1 - 5.2.8 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 853#453853
....
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I’ve just run a few experiments with the Sabrent usb3 expresscard adapter running under the usb3 pet:

1. boot lupu528 without the adapter, then hotplug the adapter with a usb3 hard drive in one port, a usb3 card reader in the other - no icons appear, pmount does not detect either device

2. reboot with all of the above attached - icons automatically appear on the desktop for both usb3 devices, and a single click on the icon mounts them

3. unmount the devices, and release the expresscard adapter from its socket - then reattach as before - no icons appear, pmount cannot detect any usb3 devices

4. reboot, as in trial #2 - icon for the SD card in the usb3 card reader appears, and the card is mountable, inserting an xd card in the reader also works, BUT, there’s no icon for the hard drive on the other port, and pmount cannot detect it, although nothing has been changed

5. reboot again as above - this time icons for all three attached storage devices (hdd, SD card, XD card) appear on the desktop and are mountable.

6. unmounted the hdd and disconnected its cable from the expresscard adapter, then reconnected it - the icon did not reappear and pmount could not detect the drive again (the cards in the card reader remained accessible)

NB:The spotty mounting of the usb3 hdd is definitely not a power issue, as it has supplementary power via an AC adapter providing 2000mA of power at 12V, and is capable (being a 2.5" 320GB drive) of running off the expresscard adapter (which also has supplementary power via a USB2 port) even with the card reader running on the second port.


Is this an issue with the usb3 driver, and if so, is it remediable? If this is the only way one can get the usb3 devices to work in Puppy, even if only sporadically, then it appears one has to boot with the USB3 expresscard adapter installed, and any usb3 devices one wishes to use already inserted in its ports.

It appears to me from these tests that there are two issues with the usb3 driver. The first is that it doesn’t support hot-plugging of the usb3 devices, and the second is that it is somewhat unreliable in detecting them even when they are attached at bootup. But perhaps I’m misinterpreting my results...

Update-Sept.29: further testing shows that USB expresscard must be both inserted at bootup AND have devices attached in order for the latter to be recognized by Puppy. Once the recognized hard drive is unmounted and removed, it can't be remounted except by rebooting.

The card reader is more flexible. It needs to have at least one flash card inserted at bootup to be recognized, but after that, flash cards can be removed and replaced and mounted without rebooting.

Not a great situation, but definitely better than no USB3 driver at all.

With the Windows driver, everything is hot bootable.