[SOLVED] PCI Memory Stick Pro reader not mounting

[BandD]

I'm running Hardy and I have a built in memory card reader in a Vaio FS620:

06:03.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/7620 Combo CardBus, 1394a-2000 OHCI and SD/MS-Pro Controller

that does not automatically mount when I insert a memory stick. It worked in Gutsy, so I know it is possible to get this reader working under Linux.

It's as if the system just doesn't respond in any way to the presnse of the card. But it does show up in dmsg:

[  444.127132] tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected in socket 0:1
[  444.059432] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:1

I can't find the device in /dev or /media. Something is lost in translation and the event is not passed onto the OS somewhere along the line.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[BandD]

After more poking around, I came across this link http://hardware4linux.info/component/16042/ which addresses my card reader. It states that the tifm_7xx1 module supports this card.

I did lsmod | grep tifm* and got this:

bandd@bandd-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep tifm*
tifm_sd                12936  0 
mmc_core               51460  1 tifm_sd
tifm_7xx1               8576  0 
tifm_core              11012  2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1

So it looks like the modules are there. What is going on?

I also noticed that going to System--> Preferences--> Removable Drives and Media doesn't have a "Storage" tab in Hardy, but did in Gutsy.

[BandD]

I found this info on the tifm wiki:

Progress
Version 0.6 of the driver is included with stock 2.6.19 release of the linux kernel. Version 0.8 is available in two subversions for 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 kernels and should be used as a replacement for the shipped (and quite unfortunately, buggy) one. It is merged into main kernel, as of version 2.6.22.

Get them here: http://developer.berlios.de/project/...?group_id=5510.

Alternatively, you may consider looking at project's SVN: (alpha quality - http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/tifmxx/tr...er/?rev=0&sc=0).

Driver is implemented using several modules:

* tifm_core - serves as "bus" driver for the adapters and cards
* tifm_7xx1 - "host" adapter for the pci device in question
* tifm_sd - driver for MMC/SD cards (registers itself as mmc_host under kernel's mmc subsystem)

Currently in development:

* tifm_ms - driver for MemoryStick cards (beta). This driver is not very useful without higher level MemoryStick protocol drivers. These are found in the same svn repository. Their current status:
o memstick - card identification driver (beta)
o ms_block - legacy MemoryStick storage support (alpha)
o mspro_block - MemoryStick Pro storage support (beta, has some problems)

The main page can be found here.
Perhaps this is the issue. Though I don't understand why it worked in Gutsy...

[BandD]

After a day of searching through posts, bug reports, and blogs, I found a fix!

It comes from this bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/222557


Type these commands into the terminal one at a time:

svn co -r155 http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/tifmxx/trunk/driver/
cd driver/
wget http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sweh/tifm_ms.patch
patch -p0 < tifm_ms.patch
make
sudo make install

It automounts fine and is fully accessible.

[brianpeiris]

Your instructions worked perfectly on my Gateway CX2724 tablet.

04:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
	Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0281

Thank you!

[Llewxam]

well i attempted this on my hp dv6748us and i couldn't get the patch. gave me a 404 not found error. is there any other way to get this? please? been trying FOREVER to get the card reader to mount pro duo cards.

[Llewxam]

well i attempted this on my hp dv6748us and i couldn't get the patch. gave me a 404 not found error. is there any other way to get this? please? been trying FOREVER to get the card reader to mount pro duo cards.

to correct, the error i had was with this:

wget http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sweh/tifm_ms.patch

says it's not available. anyone know where else i can get that?

[clarembutler]

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sweh/tifm_ms.patch still unavailable. Anybody know where it has moved to?

[BandD]

I still have it saved on my computer so I'll attach it here. Note: This is not my patch...it is the patch originally found at http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sweh/tifm_ms.patch

Also, you will need to change the file name from tifm_ms.txt to tifm_ms.patch (I couldn't upload a .patch file). It should work...follow the steps a explained above. Copy this the attached file into the driver folder you made earlier. Then proceed.

[Llewxam]

thanks so much. installed. sadly it didn't help. still won't mount the card. unless i gotta restart or do something with the modules which i haven't yet it still won't mount.