Comment 143 for bug 202490

What if we installed previous version? Can we just run this script, or we
need to whitelist the mmc kernel module?

Thank you.

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Maxim Levitsky <email address hidden>wrote:

> ** Description changed:
>
> *** NOTE: this is a *wishlist* item - a request for new functionality.
> At present, and perhaps forever, xD support on linux is extremely
> limited. This issue is a request to have xD support added for a
> specific, and somewhat popular, chipset. Please do not add "me, too"
> items. We know that it doesn't work. If you want, please add yourself
> as a subscriber, and click on link to indicate that "This bug effects
> me, too" In the meantime, there are two xD readers known to work with
> linux, so if you simply must have xD support, those would be your
> options.
>
> Now there is an xD driver for this chip.
> Supports kernel from 3.6.31.
> (http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44373795/ricoh_xd_3.tar.bz2)
>
> + The driver is now in Maverick's kernel.
> + You still need the udev rule to load FTL part of it.
> +
> + Or just add sm_ftl to /etc/modules.
> +
> To install please do ./make && sudo make install && sudo make load
>
> Note that this package installs several kernel modules, similar to
> compat-wireless
> So, make sure that there is no conflict between existing mtd modules and
> these.
>
> *NOTE* If you use kernel lower that 2.6.34, please be sure to unload the
> ricoh-mmc driver.
> It conflicts with this driver.
> This does meant that on this kernel you *can't* use both xD and MMC cards
> To be sure that ricoh-mmc is not loaded, you should see the following
> output:
> + You can use a modified sdhci driver for mmc cards I attached.
> + Unfortunately this driver won't help on Mavaric kernel (my fault :-( )
>
> 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
> 12)
>
> and NOT:
>
> 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
> FF)
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> On multi-format card readers such as:
>
> > lspci | grep Ricoh
> 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> (rev 05)
> 03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822
> SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
> 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev
> 12)
> 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
> Adapter (rev 12)
> 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
> 12)
>
> SD and MMC cards work, but Xd cards do not. This appears to be due to a
> lack of driver support for the Xd reader.
>
> There is no need to comment confirming this issue on more laptops.
> Every laptop with a similar type of reader will be affected.
>
> --
> [Feature Request] Provide a driver for Ricoh R5C822 xD card reader
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202490
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