HOWTO: get a TI SD Card Reader working in Mandriva 2007.

[Hontas_7441]

(UPDATE: got it working now working from boot without me doing anything would be nice. )

The 2.6.17 and latter kernels such as in the one included in mandriva 2007 can support SD card readers. readers such as the Ti. The same driver I know will also work with a chip made by ricoh.

The first step is to Id your card. type lspci

06:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:04.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller

That is the SD host controller. in the case of the TI card it and the flash media interface cannot work at the same time so a little hack is needed....

I needed to recompile the driver into modules. I also needed to input setpci -s 06:4.3 4c=0x22 where the 06:4.3 is the pci address of the texas instruments mass storage controller not the SD controller. Then I manually loaded mmc_block and sdhci (in that order).

I have heard that it is possible to get this to work from boot automatically. I am not sure how to do that.

[yoho]

Fantastic ! Blogs updated I'll try to help if I find some time.

[Hontas_7441]

I think the problem is some command i am forgetting to input. Either way here is my dmesg output. It shows clearly the driver loads and detects the device. I really wish I knew why the thing will not create the mmc blk devices. Perhaps it calls them somehing else on mandriva 2007(aside from mmcblk#)? I have some devfs devices named sr0 and sr1. Could those be them.

[Hontas_7441]

I have got it.

I needed to recompile the driver into modules. I also needed to input setpci -s 06:4.3 4c=0x22 where the 06:4.3 is the pci address of the texas instruments mass storage controller. Then I manually loaded mmc_block and sdhci (in that order).

Then the device was mounted and KDE opened a window and i can use my internal reader! Finally.

[RJ549]

Do you mind if I move this thread to General Hardware Tips and Tricks?
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[Hontas_7441]

It's your world boss. But The thing is. This will only work in a release that has kernle 2.17 or better still 2.18 and thereafter. Older versions would need a pathc and all that stuff.

[RJ549]

I've moved it but left the shadow topic.

People looking to get this hardware working might not think to look in the Cooker forum.
Besides, 2007 will soon be a thing of the present. (we hope)

Thanks for posting this good information. IMHO, this is something that should work out-of-the-box for 2007.

Would you mind going to http://qa.mandriva.com and relaying your experience?
There's a good chance that this one will get picked up.
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[Hontas_7441]

Does anyone know what file I can add the line
setpci -s 06:04.3 4c=0x22
to and still get it executed automatically?

Right now it is in /etc/conf.d.start

and where should the lines

mmc_block
sdhci
Be to make those modules load automatically. I tried putting them in /etc/modprobe.conf and only got errors.

Any advice?

@RJ459. I will do that after I can figure out how to make this work. You know why this is important? Because those SD cards are becomming almost like floppies.

[RJ549]

Try putting the module names in: /etc/modprobe.preload

For the boot-time run script, try adding it to: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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[yoho]

The real correct way to do would be to write a udev rule, but the driver should auto-detect you own such a device as well. No manual intervention should be needed.

[Hontas_7441]

Ok I have got the procedure down now.

Step one is to have the 2.17 kernel or better.

Two run as root lspci to find out the pci address of the Ti SD card interface and the multimedia card reader.

Three compile the kernel with mmc_block and sdhci as modules.

Four insert a line like setpci -s 06:04.3 4c=0x22 into your /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Five insert in /etc/modprobe.preload the following lines in this order.
mmc_ block
sdhci
Six Reboot.
Last insert SD card and enjoy something that should have been able to work with Linux from the start.

[filipM]

do you know if with the last 2007 we have still the need to compile the kernel ?

[Hontas_7441]

NO
But one annyoung thig is once this is done and an Sd card inserted it does not automount it and open a konqueror window. But it does this for every other medium including my USB connected Sd card reader.

Why?

[yoho]

My camera and usb key are automounted. Is it an installation from scratch or an update ?

[Tzacos]

Hi,

i m following your discussion and made all but it still don t work for me

what mean the 4c=0x22 for the setpci -s .... ?

because everything is showing but it didn t react when i insert my SD card

i have a Ricoh sd card reader, does it may work by any chance? or is it still not supported?

thank

[yoho]

This thread is more or less obsolete. See the real problem and solution here :

http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2007Errata#SD_cards_not_automounted_in_some