CF/SmartMedia USB Storage

[joycea]

I have a combo compactflash/smartmedia flash card reader. The device works great using the usb-storage driver. However, it seems to have one quirk.

Currently, I have the usb-storage module set to auto-insert on boot. If a card is not in a slot on boot though, a device does not get created under /dev/sd*. In order to use and mount the card, I must su to root and 'modprobe -r usb-storage && modprobe usb-storage'. After this the partitions for whatever cards are there show up. How can I get it so I don't have to go through the superuser stage?

I have a feeling I made need to mess with the hotswap stuff, but don't know where to start. Pointers and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[nhaggin]

You might also want to watch these threads, which are on similar subjects:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=41197
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=41416

I found a similar "manual" solution, and have an inkling of what to do to automate it, as discussed in the second thread; if you see what I'm missing, please do post.

Nick

A.M.D.G.