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 protected]>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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