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nandelbosc
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 Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller don't work |
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Hi all!
I have SD card reader in by notebook ACER TravelMate 3000, but after many time trying to work, it still don't.
lshw output:
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*-storage UNCLAIMED
description: Mass storage controller
product: PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 7.3
bus info: pci@06:07.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:b0114000-b0115fff irq:11
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have any ideas? Thank's! |
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Gusar
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| What have you tried to do already? And have you seen this? You might want to try with a 2.6.18-rc kernel, the sdhci module has been greatly improved compared to 2.6.17. |
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Condex
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| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: This worked for me 8o) |
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I've followed this setup, and got card reader working (al least with a 32 MB SD Card I used to test):
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_Acer_Ferrari_4005WLMi_Manual#FlashMedia
A few notes:
-After copying modules to /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r4 directory and doing a modules-update I can't modprobe the modules.
-So I went to the dir and inserted them using insmod, following the order in the site (core, sd, 7xx1), and they run ok, /dev node was created as soon as I insert SD card.
-Autoloading modules doesn't work, so I wrote a little initscript (/etc/init.d/flashmedia) in order to load them @ boot. Here is script code, if you want to use it, you need to copy tifm_core.ko, tifm_sd.ko and tifm_7xx1.ko modules to /lib/modules/<kernel version>/FlashMedia/:
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#!/sbin/runscript
depend() {
need localmount
}
load_fm() {
cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/FlashMedia/
insmod tifm_core.ko
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
einfo "Core Module Inserted"
else
ewarn "Core Module Insertion Error"
return 1
fi
insmod tifm_sd.ko
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
einfo "SD Module Inserted"
else
ewarn "SD Module Insertion Error"
return 1
fi
insmod tifm_7xx1.ko
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
einfo "7xx1 Module Inserted"
else
ewarn "7xx1 Module Insertion Error"
return 1
fi
return 0
}
start() {
ebegin "Configuring FlashMedia Card Reader"
load_fm
eend $?
}
unload_fm() {
rmmod tifm_7xx1
rmmod tifm_sd
rmmod tifm_core
return 0
}
stop() {
ebegin "Shutting down FlashMedia Card Reader"
unload_fm
eend $?
}
restart() {
ebegin "Restarting FlashMedia Card Reader"
unload_fm
load_fm
eend $?
}
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Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can write a better script... Or guess why can't I modprobe the modules...
I've also tested the SD card on KDE, it works ok. When I insert the card, KDE daemon asks what to do, as it does with CD's, DVD's...
Hope you find it useful...
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sidious
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | -After copying modules to /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r4 directory and doing a modules-update I can't modprobe the modules.
-So I went to the dir and inserted them using insmod, following the order in the site (core, sd, 7xx1), and they run ok, /dev node was created as soon as I insert SD card. |
same here on my Acer Extensa 3001 WLMi....
I testet it with vanilla-sources 2.6.17.11
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tar xvjf tifm-06b.tar.bz2
make
cp tifm* /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/
modprobe mmc_core
modprobe mmc_block
insmod /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/tifm_core.ko
insmod /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/tifm_sd.ko
insmod /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/tifm_7xx1.ko
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... it works! (tested with 128MB SD-Card) 
I tried it before with the SDHCI drivers in the 2.6.17 and 2.6.18 kernels, but without succes....
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-477695-highlight-pcixx21.html?sid=2725bc2b78cac45b56aa5c34cfc8d21d
I hope the tifm-driver will be part of the kernel soon....
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sidious
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I solved the "modprobe-problem" (using tifm-0.6b.tar.bz2)
1. boot the kernel you want to compile the modules for
2. go to the directory you extracted tifm-0.6 to
3. execute: make && make install
5. modprobe tifm_core, tifm_sd, tifm_7xx1
the modules are installed to /lib/modules/`uname r`/misc (see Makefile)...
not tested if auto-loading (putting them into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6) the modules at boot works, but it should...
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Condex
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:22 am Post subject: Modprobe not tested, but having some problems... |
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I've tested the drivers with a 32 MB SD card, and they work ok.
After testing it with a 1 GB SD card, I've got some "corruption" problems. If I try to transfer a large amount of data,say 300 or 400 MB, CPU usage goes to 100%, rendering my computer almost useless. I don't know if it's a drivers problem or a KDE problem (it looks like it transfers all data in background). KDE doesn't allow me to unmount the drive after copying data. A few times, after removing the card I had problems with it (card is plugged in a GP2X console), sometimes I can't delete data (using the GP2X) or access some files.
Read tests (SD Card -> Computer) seem to run ok. It's writing what is problematic.
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okapi
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject: Working at last! |
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My Flashmedia is working at last with tifm-0.6d on my Toshiba A100 SK9.
Good job!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| tifm-06b works with my Toshiba a100-233, but one-time. when i insert mmc card, i get nodes. but when ejected and inserted once again, there are no nodes /dev/mmc* :/ |
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