Mass storage controller Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (Unknown device 0367) not Working in Feisty beta 1

[Jason]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.20-13-generic

My Texas Instruments SD/MMC/xD/MS card reader does not work properly with the following modules loaded:

root@hawking:~# lsmod | grep "sd\|block"
tifm_sd 12168 0
mmc_block 13832 0
sdhci 18700 0
mmc_core 26756 3 tifm_sd,mmc_block,sdhci
tifm_core 9856 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
tsdev 8768 0

Kernel version: 2.6.20-13-generic

Kernel packages installed:

root@hawking:~# dpkg -l | grep linux | grep 13
ii linux-generic 2.6.20.13.10 Complete Generic Linux kernel
ii linux-headers-2.6.20-13 2.6.20-13.21 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii linux-headers-2.6.20-13-generic 2.6.20-13.21 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.20 on x
ii linux-headers-generic 2.6.20.13.10 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-image-2.6.20-13-generic 2.6.20-13.21 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20 on x86
ii linux-image-generic 2.6.20.13.10 Generic Linux kernel image
[...snip...]
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-13-generic 2.6.20.4-13.13 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.20.4-13.13 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules helper script
ii linux-restricted-modules-generic 2.6.20.13.10 Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
[...snip...]

Here are the relevant snippets from /var/log/messages:

[...snip...]
Apr 2 11:00:24 hawking kernel: [35023.684000] tifm_7xx1: sd card detected in socket 1
Apr 2 11:00:24 hawking kernel: [35024.052000] mmcblk0: mmc0:9797 SD02G 2011136KiB
Apr 2 11:00:24 hawking kernel: [35024.052000] mmcblk0: p1
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.088000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022208
[...snip...]
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.088000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022208
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.088000] printk: 809 messages suppressed.
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.088000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022208
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.092000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022256
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.092000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022256
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.092000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking last message repeated 28 times
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.104000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022131
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.104000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022132
Apr 2 11:00:26 hawking kernel: [35025.104000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4022133
[...snip...]

Here's the output from lspci -vv:

[...snip...]
08:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
        Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0367
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (1750ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at c0406000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+
[...snip...]

Another symptom, when I have a card inserted into the slot, is that the /dev/mmcblk0 and the /dev/mmcblk0p1 devices appear and disappear:

root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:47 EDT 2007
ls: /dev/mmcblk0*: No such file or directory
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:48 EDT 2007
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0
brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 1 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0p1
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:49 EDT 2007
ls: /dev/mmcblk0*: No such file or directory
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:50 EDT 2007
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0
brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 1 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0p1
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:52 EDT 2007
ls: /dev/mmcblk0*: No such file or directory
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:53 EDT 2007
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0
brw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 1 2007-04-02 11:12 /dev/mmcblk0p1
root@hawking:~# date; ls -l /dev/mmcblk0*
Mon Apr 2 11:12:54 EDT 2007
ls: /dev/mmcblk0*: No such file or directory

Thank you!

[Laurent Dufrechou (laurent-dufrechou)]

Same problem as above but:
With kernel 2.6.20-12 works:
dmesg
[ 122.704000] tifm_core: MMC/SD card detected in socket 0:3
[ 123.372000] mmcblk0: mmc3:9bd7 SD256 249088KiB
[ 123.372000] mmcblk0: p1

with kernel 2.6.20-13 or 2.6.20-14:
dmesg
[ 126.720000] tifm_7xx1: sd card detected in socket 3
[ 127.204000] mmcblk0: mmc3:9bd7 SD256 249088KiB
[ 127.204000] mmcblk0: p1
[ 128.212000] tifm_sd: card failed to respond for a long period of time<6>tifm_7xx1: demand removing card from socket 3
[ 128.212000] mmcblk0: error 1 sending read/write command
[ 128.212000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 498112
[ 128.212000] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 62264
above line x100...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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