SD card does not work ThinkPad X220 [Solved]

jesseFrey · 2011-09-03 06:05:50

I have a thinkpad X220 with linux 3.0.4-1. I can not get the SD reader to work properly.

$ lspci -ks 0d:00.0
0d:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21da
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

$ lsmod|grep sdhci
sdhci_pci               8530  0 
sdhci                  22194  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core               73353  1 sdhci

I have 3 SD cards to test with:
ScanDisk Ultra II 4GB (SDHC)
Panasonic 2GB card
Canon 32MB card

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/SD_Card_slot seems to indicate that everything should be supported out of the box but it does not seem that way.
I was able to get the 2GB card to work this morning but now (after trying the 4GB card I think) none of the cards work. when I plug in the 4GB card I get the folowing from dmesg:

[92419.294915] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92419.374462] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92429.355014] mmc0: Timeout waiting for hardware interrupt.
[92429.355025] sdhci: =========== REGISTER DUMP (mmc0)===========
[92429.355036] sdhci: Sys addr: 0x00000000 | Version:  0x00000502
[92429.355045] sdhci: Blk size: 0x00000000 | Blk cnt:  0x00000000
[92429.355053] sdhci: Argument: 0x00000000 | Trn mode: 0x00000000
[92429.355061] sdhci: Present:  0x01f70001 | Host ctl: 0x00000005
[92429.355070] sdhci: Power:    0x00000000 | Blk gap:  0x00000000
[92429.355078] sdhci: Wake-up:  0x00000000 | Clock:    0x00000000
[92429.355085] sdhci: Timeout:  0x00000009 | Int stat: 0x00000000
[92429.355094] sdhci: Int enab: 0x00ff00c3 | Sig enab: 0x00ff00c3
[92429.355102] sdhci: AC12 err: 0x00000000 | Slot int: 0x00000000
[92429.355110] sdhci: Caps:     0x21e8c8b2 | Caps_1:   0x00008073
[92429.355119] sdhci: Cmd:      0x00000102 | Max curr: 0x00000040
[92429.355125] sdhci: Host ctl2: 0x00000000
[92429.355128] sdhci: ===========================================
[92429.518698] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92429.605517] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.354183] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.441284] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.520034] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.599892] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.683048] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card
[92440.769923] mmc0: error -84 whilst initialising SD card

How can I make this work? has anyone else gotten this slot to work?
Thanks

Last edited by jesseFrey (2011-11-16 17:18:11)

lilsirecho · 2011-09-03 15:54:39

Perhaps you're trying an sdhc card (4GB) in a non-compatible card reader.

jesseFrey · 2011-09-03 16:21:01

Definitely not the case. I just tried to format the 32MB card with disk utility and linux crashed there is something else wrong
I think the reader should support SDHC cards though. I don't see why a modern laptop would not

lilsirecho · 2011-09-04 00:25:22

Some manufacturers have produced 4 GB SD cards that conform to neither the SD2.0/SDHC spec nor existing SD devices.

Definitely require an sdhc reader for sdhc cards of 4GB.

Sara · 2011-09-09 08:11:20

I'm in the same boat: I tried both a 64GB (SDXC) and 16GB (SDHC) and neither
worked, complaining of "mmcblk0: error -110 sending read/write command
response 0x0 card status 0x400b00". There's nothing wrong with either card as
they both work in my two other Linux computers. I'm running linux 3.0.4-1 on a
Lenovo ThinkPad x220 (like you) and am entirely up-to-date.

steve___ · 2011-09-09 13:28:01

I was never able to get an SD card to read in a dell 700m. With different kernels I could get the card mounted and start copying the files before the module would crash. Other times I couldn't get the card to mount. I haven't tried on the x220 I have. FWIW, I got a usb/SD adapter which works every time.

jesseFrey · 2011-09-09 14:55:07

That sounds like the same issue I have. My 4G card, which I use most, plugs into USB so I don't really need the reader to work but I have it so I would like it to function. Have you tried submitting a bug report? I have not.

pigiron · 2011-09-09 15:14:10

Looks like there's a possible fix coming in version 3.1 of the kernel if you drill down into this long thread:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/11/381

and it appears that Greg has already added it to the 2.6.39.4 long term support kernel:

http://lwn.net/Articles/454028/

jesseFrey · 2011-09-09 16:28:39

Nice, I will try again after I install linux 3.1

hendry · 2011-11-10 21:49:27

I'm running Arch with 3.1 and I have the same problem I believe: http://natalian.org/archives/2011/11/10/Thinkpad_X220/

steve___ · 2011-11-10 22:58:54

re: hdd - mSATA, nice /jealous/

re: fan - odd. Mine runs cool and I've never heard the fan. The temperature right now is 47C You're sure all your core are scaling?

re: battery - Hmm powertop works for me. I'm using version 1.13. I get around 5hr on my 6 cell. I bet once you get your fan to stop, your battery will last longer.

re: UPS - I've noticed odd travel routes for packages as well. I asked UPS about this and they said they show tracking information for both the item and its paper work.

jesseFrey · 2011-11-10 23:39:54

I upgraded to linux 3.1-4 and it seems to work with my 2GB card but not the 4GB card. still very flaky though

David Batson · 2011-11-11 00:44:06

A Kodak 512MB SD card is working fine on my X220. Don't have any others to test at my present location.

If you have problems, you might try creating a polkit-1 file and add yourself to the 'disk' group.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1014060

jesseFrey · 2011-11-11 01:12:40

David Batson wrote:

If you have problems, you might try creating a polkit-1 file and add yourself to the 'disk' group.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1014060

This is not the problem, I have the correct permissions, things just don't work.
I think my 2GB card might work fine now just as long as the 4G card has not been plugged in. which is not a great situation.

jesseFrey · 2011-11-16 17:17:52

I upgraded to linux 3.3.1-1 and all of my cards work fine.

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