linux-kernel - Re: Bug#757733: RTS2557 SD card reader does not work

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:10:25 +0200
From:	Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@...hag.de>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Wei WANG <wei_wang@...lsil.com.cn>
CC:	757733@...s.debian.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#757733: RTS2557 SD card reader does not work

> A web search shows some similar reports (e.g.
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1329566>,
>
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/473848/ubuntu-14-04-realtek-semiconductor-co-ltd-rts5227-pci-express-card-reader-isn>).
> But in that last one, it turns out that the out-of-tree driver does
> work.

Indeed, that is a workaround - download from
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
, apply the attached patch, remove all rtsx_* modules, and insert the
new rts2557 module into the kernel.


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