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mikus

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Registered: 2012-04-25

Posts: 2

JMicron Memory Stick card reader do not recognize a card

I have a problem with a JMicron card reader in my HP 4530s. I loaded jmb38x_ms module and when I put the card in, LED in a card flashes once but nothing happens in Arch. Dmesg doesn't show anything and no new devices appear in /dev. Even booting the system with card inserted doesn't solve the problem. Here's mine lspci (only relevant lines)

23:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 30)
23:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 30)
23:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 30)

lspci -v

23:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 30)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 167c
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at d4803000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Expansion ROM at bfb00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci

23:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 30) (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 167c
	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
	Memory at d4802000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

23:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 30)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 167c
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at d4801000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
mspro_block            14111  0 
msr                     2640  0 
rfcomm                 34108  4 
fuse                   68162  2 
bnep                    9081  2 
coretemp                5622  0 
xfs                   735087  1 
exportfs                3665  1 xfs
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     24120  1 
snd_hda_codec_idt      56346  1 
snd_hda_intel          23989  4 
snd_hda_codec          92713  3 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6556  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                74812  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7185  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              19222  1 snd_pcm
snd                    59656  14 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel
soundcore               6082  1 snd
ath3k                   5285  0 
btusb                  11643  1 
bluetooth             171342  14 btusb,ath3k,bnep,rfcomm
sdhci_pci              10535  0 
sdhci                  23662  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core               82671  2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
uvcvideo               67853  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2276  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2182  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         20415  1 uvcvideo
videodev               83373  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     8348  1 videodev
media                  10469  2 videodev,uvcvideo
arc4                    1410  2 
jmb38x_ms               8417  0 
mei                    32216  0 
iTCO_wdt               12877  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1929  1 iTCO_wdt
processor              26144  0 
ath9k                  93315  0 
ath9k_common            2096  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              360304  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    15297  3 ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,ath9k
mac80211              391455  1 ath9k
cfg80211              176857  3 mac80211,ath,ath9k
evdev                   9402  18 
joydev                  9991  0 
serio_raw               4653  0 
psmouse                69539  0 
r8169                  48708  0 
mii                     4091  1 r8169
hp_wmi                  7802  0 
sparse_keymap           3056  1 hp_wmi
rfkill                 15604  6 hp_wmi,cfg80211,bluetooth
hp_accel               16360  0 
lis3lv02d              10949  1 hp_accel
input_polldev           2882  1 lis3lv02d
memstick                7016  2 jmb38x_ms,mspro_block
thermal                 7959  0 
battery                 6485  0 
container               2429  0 
ac                      2376  0 
wmi                     8475  1 hp_wmi
autofs4                24236  3 
ext4                  424467  2 
crc16                   1359  2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2                   71704  1 ext4
mbcache                 5977  1 ext4
aes_x86_64              7508  33 
cryptd                  8383  0 
aes_generic            26138  1 aes_x86_64
xts                     3101  16 
gf128mul                6050  1 xts
dm_crypt               16464  2 
dm_mod                 71398  5 dm_crypt
usbhid                 36142  0 
hid                    84549  1 usbhid
sr_mod                 14823  0 
sd_mod                 28059  5 
cdrom                  35744  1 sr_mod
ahci                   20261  4 
libahci                19999  1 ahci
libata                167019  2 libahci,ahci
scsi_mod              133422  3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
xhci_hcd               79548  0 
ehci_hcd               43912  0 
usbcore               146815  7 ehci_hcd,xhci_hcd,usbhid,uvcvideo,btusb,ath3k
usb_common               954  1 usbcore
i915                  432291  3 
video                  11243  1 i915
button                  4502  1 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5359  1 i915
intel_agp              10872  1 i915
intel_gtt              14007  3 intel_agp,i915
drm_kms_helper         26947  1 i915
drm                   204343  4 drm_kms_helper,i915
i2c_core               20593  5 drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,i915,videodev

Last edited by mikus (2012-04-25 21:47:07)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,700

Re: JMicron Memory Stick card reader do not recognize a card

What type of card are we talking about here?  I use the SD card reader on my system daily.  Works like a charm.
I have never gone near a Sony stick.  Cannot help you there.
XD cards had not been enabled in the Arch build of the kernel.  I had been helping someone with this and they filed this bug report  I believe the kernel module should not be enabled, but you might need to install the ssfdc module (check the end of the thread on that bug report)

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mikus

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Registered: 2012-04-25

Posts: 2

Re: JMicron Memory Stick card reader do not recognize a card

It's Memory Stick 128MB card. I haven't tried a SD card, nor a XD. I think it should SD work as SD card reader is recognized as SD Host Controller.