Acer Aspire 6920G memory reader (JMicron) does not work properly

[gidantribal]

SD card is recognized and mounted properly ONLY if plugged before linux boot;
XD cards are not recognized at all.

My computer: acer aspire 6920G
kernel: 2.6.27-14-generic
lspci:
0a:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller
0a:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller
0a:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller
0a:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. xD Host Controller

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: IA64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Uname: 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 19:54:51 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[gidantribal (aedo999)]

Ok, I know it'a seconday bug, but at least a feedback...

[Alexander 'gil' Tarasov (alexander.gil.tarasov)]

Acer Aspire 5530, jmb38x problem on Ubuntu 9.04

[Alexander 'gil' Tarasov (alexander.gil.tarasov)]

if I boot with SD-card inserted - card reader works fine:
[~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
07:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller
07:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller
07:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller
07:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. xD Host Controller

if I boot with empty card-reader - card reader don't work, and system can't see them:
[~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: A...

[gidantribal (aedo999)]

Please note XD card is not recognized even if you put it at boot...

[thelunatic83 (gaspare-scherma)]

I have this problem also on my aspire 6935g

[Victor Sergienko (singalen)]

Maybe there is a way to force its initialization?

[dream.coder (peter-wilson-uk)]

Also have this bug with Karmic x64

[[e-mail] (ramon444)]

My laptop Acer Aspire 5930G use JMicron card reader. I use Ubuntu 10.10 Kernel 2.6.35-28-generic SD cards worked fine, but xD cards didn't. I have found driver for xD card support, but it was outdated(for old kernel).
I have send E-mail to JMicron support. At the next day i received new driver which i attached to this post(PWD: 123).

Release Date:
2011/01/19

Support Kernels:
2.6.22~2.6.37

Support Chips:
JMB38x MS/xD Host Controller [DID: 2383/2384, 2388/2389, 2393/2394]

Support Memory Cards:
MemoryStick Standard/Pro/Pro-HG Card
xD-Picture Card

Install Requirement:
1. Kernel srource HEAD
2. Compiler

Install Process:
1. Decompress jmb38x_xxxxxxxx.tbz2
# tar xjvf jmb38x_xxxxxxxx.tbz2
2. Change directory to jmb38x
# cd jmb38x
3. Compile drivers with root permission
# make
# make install

Now cards(SD, XD) work fine and have automount. MS i don't have to test.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

gidantribal, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Intrepid reached EOL on April 30, 2010.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

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