This is a temporary fix for RTS5129/RTS5139 USB MMC card reader on Linux 3.16+ kernels.
This ocurred during a transition from 3.15 to 3.16 kernel, as a result of the staging/rts5139 driver (which worked with the RTS5129/RTS5139) being replaced by the newer rtsx driver (which does not work with the RTS5129/RTS5139). This project reverts back to the old drivers as a temporary measure to get things up and running again.
- make
- gcc
- linux-headers
- Checkout, build and install the replacement driver.
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/aurorafossorg/rts5139.git
cd rts5139
make
sudo make install
- Blacklist the problematic modules by adding
blacklist-rts5139.conf,blacklist-rts5139-dkms.conf, or this to/etc/modprobe.d/:
blacklist rtsx_usb_sdmmc
blacklist rtsx_usb_ms
blacklist rtsx_usb
- Then, make sure you generate modules.dep and map files.
sudo depmod -a
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Finally, disable module autoloading (and, optionally, also in the initial RAM filesystem)
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Blacklist rtsx mmc modules via kernel parameters.
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If wanted/needed, update the initramfs.
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Reboot, and check to see if the card reader works.
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