[SOLVED] SD/MMC cards do not show / mount

Cbhihe · 2024-01-06 13:12:34

Hello, running Arch on an XPS 15 9560, I cannot see two SD cards (class 4 by Kingston and class 10 by Toshiba) while both seem to perform perfectly well on MS Windows boxes. Having seen many reports I ran some instructions in terminal.

$ uname -a
Linux HOST 6.6.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 02 Jan 2024 02:28:28 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ pacman -Qs linux
local/alsa-lib 1.2.10-2
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/arch-install-scripts 28-1
    Scripts to aid in installing Arch Linux
local/archlinux-keyring 20231222-1
    Arch Linux PGP keyring
local/avahi 1:0.8+r189+g35bb1ba-1
    Service Discovery for Linux using mDNS/DNS-SD (compatible with Bonjour)
local/base 3-2
    Minimal package set to define a basic Arch Linux installation
local/bridge-utils 1.7.1-1
    Utilities for configuring the Linux ethernet bridge
local/bumblebee 3.2.1-21
    NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux through VirtualGL
local/devtools 1:1.0.4-1
    Tools for Arch Linux package maintainers
local/downgrader 2.0.0-3
    Powerful packages downgrader for Archlinux. Works with libalpm, ARM and pacman logs
local/efibootmgr 18-2
    Linux user-space application to modify the EFI Boot Manager
local/filesystem 2023.09.18-1
    Base Arch Linux files
local/fuse3 3.16.2-1
    Interface for userspace programs to export a filesystem to the Linux kernel
local/hdparm 9.65-1
    A shell utility for manipulating Linux IDE drive/driver parameters
local/ibus 1.5.29-2
    Next Generation Input Bus for Linux
local/inotify-tools 4.23.9.0-1
    inotify-tools is a C library and a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify.
local/iptables 1:1.8.10-1
    Linux kernel packet control tool (using legacy interface)
local/keyutils 1.6.3-2
    Linux Key Management Utilities
local/kmod 31-1
    Linux kernel module management tools and library
local/ladspa 1.17-4
    Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA)
local/libaio 0.3.113-2
    The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility (aio) library
local/libcamera 0.1.0-2
    A complex camera support library for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS
local/libcamera-ipa 0.1.0-2
    A complex camera support library for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS - signed IPA
local/libcap-ng 0.8.4-1
    A library for Linux that makes using posix capabilities easy
local/libiec61883 1.2.0-7
    A higher level API for streaming DV, MPEG-2 and audio over Linux IEEE 1394
local/libnvme 1.7.1-1
    C Library for NVM Express on Linux
local/libraw1394 2.1.2-3
    Provides an API to the Linux IEEE1394 (FireWire) driver
local/libtraceevent 1:1.8.1-1
    Linux kernel trace event library
local/libtracefs 1.7.0-1
    Linux kernel trace file system library
local/liburing 2.5-1
    Linux-native io_uring I/O access library
local/libva 2.20.0-1
    Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux
local/libxshmfence 1.3.2-1
    a library that exposes a event API on top of Linux futexes
local/linux 6.6.9.arch1-1
    The Linux kernel and modules
local/linux-api-headers 6.4-1
    Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
local/linux-firmware 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux
local/linux-firmware-bnx2x 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - bnx2x / Firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb ethernet adapters
local/linux-firmware-liquidio 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - liquidio / Firmware for Cavium LiquidIO server adapters
local/linux-firmware-mellanox 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - mellanox / Firmware for Mellanox Spectrum switches
local/linux-firmware-nfp 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - nfp / Firmware for Netronome Flow Processors
local/linux-firmware-qlogic 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - qlogic / Firmware for QLogic devices
local/linux-firmware-whence 20231211.f2e52a1c-1
    Firmware files for Linux - contains the WHENCE license file which documents the vendor license details
local/linux-headers 6.6.9.arch1-1
    Headers and scripts for building modules for the Linux kernel
local/man-pages 6.05.01-2
    Linux man pages
local/mdadm 4.2-2
    A tool for managing/monitoring Linux md device arrays, also known as Software RAID
local/mkinitcpio-firmware 1.4.0-1
    Optional firmware for the default linux kernel to get rid of the annoying 'WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module:' messages
local/multipath-tools 0.9.7-4
    Multipath tools for Linux (including kpartx)
local/ndctl 76.1-1
    Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel
local/pacman-mirrorlist 20231001-1
    Arch Linux mirror list for use by pacman
local/python-distro 1.8.0-3
    Linux OS platform information API
local/python2-distro 1.6.0-1
    Linux OS platform information API
local/slack-desktop 4.28.184-1
    Slack Desktop (Beta) for Linux
local/tlp 1.6.1-1
    Linux Advanced Power Management
local/usb_modeswitch 2.6.1-3
    Activating switchable USB devices on Linux.
local/util-linux 2.39.3-1
    Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
local/util-linux-libs 2.39.3-1
    util-linux runtime libraries
local/v4l-utils 1.26.1-1
    Userspace tools and conversion library for Video 4 Linux

$ hwinfo
...
16: PCI 300.0: ff00 Unclassified device
  [Created at pci.386]
  Unique ID: svHJ.n_3XKTDkjoC
  Parent ID: qTvu.qucFCY77541
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: unknown
  Model: "Realtek RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x525a "RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x07be
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xed100000-0xed100fff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 255 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd0000525Asv00001028sd000007BEbcFFsc00i00"                        
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rtsx_pci is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtsx_pci"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #30 (PCI bridge)
  ...
$  grep -i realtek < <(lspci)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

The SD/MMC card/card reader shows up in none of the following instructions' outputs:
`lsblk`, `lsusb`, `ls -l /dev/disk/by-label`, `sudo fdisk -l`

The outputs of `sudo dmesg` as well as of `wc -l < <(ls /dev)` before and after I insert either card in the reader's slot are identical.

I might not be loading the correct kernel module or something, but I also seem to remember that with similar setups and kernels in the 4.5 range, similar SD cards worked well. Any pointers anyone ?

Last edited by Cbhihe (2024-01-07 21:36:11)

Lone_Wolf · 2024-01-06 13:49:15

Please post the full output of lspci -k , lsmod and the journal of curent boot (this one run with root rights).

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2024-01-06 13:49:51)

Cbhihe · 2024-01-06 17:10:46

Tx for the qck response, Lone_Wolf.

$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Dell Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
	Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Dell 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04)
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
	Subsystem: Dell HD Graphics 630
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Dell Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem
	Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
	Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem
	Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
	Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev f1)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #13 (rev f1)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #15 (rev f1)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM175 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell HM175 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation CM238 HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell CM238 HD Audio Controller
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
	Subsystem: Dell 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile]
	Kernel modules: nouveau
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Lite-On Technology Corporation CX2-8B256, CX2-8B512 NVMe SSD (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. CX2-8B256, CX2-8B512 NVMe SSD
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

`sudo journalctl -b`gave me the following output.

EDIT: I forgot to post the `lsmod` output. Here goes.

Last edited by Cbhihe (2024-01-07 11:58:00)

Lone_Wolf · 2024-01-07 12:23:52

The journal shows many weird things and some should be taken care of or can be improved but that's not what this thread is about.

Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/workqueue.c:3397 __flush_work.isra.0+0x270/0x280
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: Modules linked in:
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.9-arch1-1 #1 e215ab44d1af91c0f0e686ff953f296051be417c
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9560/0YH90J, BIOS 1.30.0 10/04/2022
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: RIP: 0010:__flush_work.isra.0+0x270/0x280
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: Code: 8b 04 25 80 39 03 00 48 89 44 24 40 48 8b 73 40 8b 4b 30 e9 e3 fe ff ff 40 30 f6 4c 8b 3e e9 21 fe ff ff 0f 0b e9 3a ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 33 ff ff ff e8 e4 d6 cb 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: RSP: 0000:ffffc9000006bb60 EFLAGS: 00010246
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888100e6d328 RCX: 0000000000000000
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffc900007b8008 RDI: ffffc9000006bba8
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: RBP: ffff888100e6d368 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: ffff888100e3e000
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: R13: ffffc9000006bb60 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff888101dd5010
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88846f640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000000be20001 CR4: 00000000003706e0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  <TASK>
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x270/0x280
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __warn+0x81/0x130
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x270/0x280
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? report_bug+0x171/0x1a0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x80
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x270/0x280
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  tpm_tis_remove+0xaa/0x100
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  tpm_tis_core_init+0x235/0xa00
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  tpm_tis_plat_probe+0xce/0x110
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  platform_probe+0x41/0xa0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  really_probe+0x19b/0x3e0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  __driver_attach+0xd2/0x1c0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  bus_for_each_dev+0x85/0xd0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  bus_add_driver+0x116/0x220
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  driver_register+0x59/0x100
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __pfx_init_tis+0x10/0x10
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  init_tis+0x34/0x100
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __pfx_init_tis+0x10/0x10
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  do_one_initcall+0x5a/0x320
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  kernel_init_freeable+0x1d9/0x320
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  kernel_init+0x1a/0x1c0
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel:  </TASK>
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Jan 06 10:46:04 HOST kernel: tpm_tis: probe of MSFT0101:00 failed with error -1

I do not know what this means but it is very early in the boot process and low level.
Use journalctl -b -200 (or bigger negative numbers) to verify when this error started.
If it started after the last time you used the cardreader succesfully it may be related .
(no need to post the older journals)

03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci

That's your cardreader and it uses the rtsx_pci kernel module.

The output of

$ lsmod

would help to verify the modules is actually loaded.

Do the SD cards connect directly to the laptop reader slot or do you use a converter ?

Cbhihe · 2024-01-07 14:07:54

Sorry Lone-Wolf, I EDITed my previous reply (just adding the output of `lsmod` at the end) but that happened at the time you were writing up your latest post.

In my OP, Idid see that:

$ hwinfo
...
  Driver Status: rtsx_pci is not active
  Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtsx_pci" 
...

That coincides with your comments about that module not being loaded, and about my writing (in OP) it might be the case, but while issuing `sudo modprobe rtsx_pci` does load the module, doing

$ grep -i rtsx_pci < <(lsmod)`
rtsx_pci       131072  0

suggests that it is now loaded but not used (0) and `lsblk` shows nothing like an new SD/MMC volume available for mounting, although ...

$ grep -i rtsx_pci < <(sudo dmesg)
[   82.397158] rtsx_pci 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

So I still don't "see" the 2 SD cards.

Last edited by Cbhihe (2024-01-07 14:18:41)

Cbhihe · 2024-01-07 14:10:00

Meanwhile I did a general system update `sudo pacman -Syu`, rebooted and now:

$ uname -a 
Linux rameau 6.6.10-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:20:41 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The new boot journal log is here.

Still no SD card available for mounting.

Last edited by Cbhihe (2024-01-07 17:19:52)

seth · 2024-01-07 18:30:54

The crash is in the TPM, try to disable that in BIOS.

perfectly well on MS Windows boxes

But you don't have windows on his system, do you?

Try to disable TLP, your chip shows up in the rtsx_pci aliases and is assigned when you load it…
Also

modprobe -c | grep -v alias | grep rtsx

Cbhihe · 2024-01-07 21:35:24

seth wrote:

Cbhihe wrote:
... the two sd/mmc cards operate perfectly well on MS Windows boxes.
But you don't have windows on his system, do you?

No windows at all on that box. I just tried them on Window boxes I had next to me.

seth wrote:

Try to disable TLP, your chip shows up in the rtsx_pci aliases and is assigned when you load it…

$ modprobe -c | grep -v alias | grep rtsx
blacklist rtsx_pci
blacklist rtsx_pci_sdmmc

I suppressed the blacklisting in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modules.conf manually but did not disable TLP yet.

seth wrote:

The crash is in the TPM, try to disable that in BIOS.

I actually never gave TPM a second thought, beyond having a fuzzy "notion" that it was good to have for generating better random numbers and practical for keeping secure keys (for desencryption, etc) . After reading the TPM wiki I checked with `sudo journalctl -k --grep=tpm`that several TPM2 related processes were skipped at boot due to "unmet conditions". Disabling TPM2.0 in BIOS did not change that but after reboot the mmc block devices become visible with `lsblk` and I can mount them flawlessly.

Thank you, Seth.

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#1 2024-01-06 13:12:34

[SOLVED] SD/MMC cards do not show / mount

#2 2024-01-06 13:49:15

Re: [SOLVED] SD/MMC cards do not show / mount

#3 2024-01-06 17:10:46

Re: [SOLVED] SD/MMC cards do not show / mount

#4 2024-01-07 12:23:52

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#5 2024-01-07 14:07:54

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