Hi all,
I’d like to get the SD card reader running that is installed into my Panasonic CF-Y2 laptop.
I’m aware that I’m venturing into difficult territories as SD/MMC readers seem to be difficult in general under Linux, and there isn’t that much relevant information in the forums …
My questions:
(1) How do I figure out whether the card reader is recognized by the Kernel? I’ve tried lspci, but I don’t think the printout includes the SD reader (I’ve done the printout after inserting an SD card):
linux-chameleon:/home/homoludens # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection (rev 05)
02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 88)
02:05.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C575 SD Bus Host Adapter
I’ve also tried tail /var/log/messages, but nothing happens upon inserting an SD card into the reader.
… that probably should make me suspicious???
(2) Well, if the reader is not recognized by the kernel, how do I get it to do so?
What are my next steps to get the %&$# thing running?
