Bug#430941: linux-image-2.6.21-2-686: no-name USB 2.0 flash drive gets "unknown partition table" until BLKRRPART ioctl is issued

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 06:16:40PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 at 16:28:15 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > > I have a cheap USB stick (an Integral 512M USB2.0 stick, specifically)
> > > which appears with "unknown partition table" when inserted. If the
> > > BLKRRPART ioctl is issued, the partition table is re-read correctly,
> > > /dev/sdx1 appears, HAL activates and the stick is auto-mounted correctly.
> > 
> > could you test against newer kernel from unstable 2.6.22.
> > it installs just fine and if still reproducible trunk
> > see apt lines
> > -> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
> 
> Sorry for the delay, I don't reboot my laptop very often! I can confirm
> that this bug still exists in linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 version 2.6.22-4,
> and in linux-image-2.6.23-rc5-686 version
> 2.6.23~rc5-1~experimental.1~snapshot.9462.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz