SD/CF card reader

Sun Dec 26 23:47:11 UTC 2010

I got a new (haha) PC for Christmas which I want to turn into
my new home system. I could improve from Intel P4 2GHz 768 MB
SDR-SDRAM and ATA disks to Intel Core2 1.8 GHz 2 GB DDR-SDRAM
and SATA disk(s). A nice feature of the new system is a built-in
card reader which I would like to be a replacement for my
(ab)use of a defective MP3 player as a means to access SD
cards (and maybe CF cards).

>From dmesg of that system, USB-related messages only:

uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller>
	port 0xe000-0xe01f irq 20 at device 16.0 on pci0
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller>
	port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 22 at device 16.1 on pci0
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
uhci2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller>
	port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 21 at device 16.2 on pci0
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci2
uhci3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller>
	port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 23 at device 16.3 on pci0
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci3
ehci0: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller>
	mem 0xdffff000-0xdffff0ff irq 21 at device 16.4 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
usbus4: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen0.1: <VIA> at usbus0
uhub0: <VIA UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <VIA> at usbus1
uhub1: <VIA UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ugen2.1: <VIA> at usbus2
uhub2: <VIA UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
ugen3.1: <VIA> at usbus3
uhub3: <VIA UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
ugen4.1: <VIA> at usbus4
uhub_reattach_port: port 3 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 3
ugen4.2: <Generic> at usbus4
umass0: <Generic Flash Card Reader, class 0/0, rev 2.00/4.55, addr 2> on usbus4
umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present)
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Generic Flash HS-CF 4.55> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 20 0 0 0 0 
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI status: Check Condition
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present)
da1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 1
da1: <Generic Flash HS-MS/SD 4.55> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da1: 40.000MB/s transfers
da1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 40 0 0 0 0 
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): SCSI status: Check Condition
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present)
da2 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 2
da2: <Generic Flash HS-SM 4.55> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da2: 40.000MB/s transfers
da2: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present

The problem is: If I insert a card (SD or CF), a green light
at the reader appears, but no messages arrive on the console.
There are no corresponding device files, so I can't access
anything.

A front USB connector, on the other hand, works when I attach
an USB stick:

ugen4.3: <Sony> at usbus4
umass1: <Sony Storage Media, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 3> on usbus4
umass1:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
umass1:1:1:-1: Attached to scbus1
da3 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
da3: <Sony Storage Media 1.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da3: 40.000MB/s transfers
da3: 3826MB (7835648 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 487C)
GEOM: da3: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary.
GEOM: da3: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary.

So I thought I'd check the CAM and maybe reset it:

# camcontrol devlist
<Generic Flash HS-CF 4.55>         at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
<Generic Flash HS-MS/SD 4.55>      at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
<Generic Flash HS-SM 4.55>         at scbus0 target 0 lun 2 (pass2,da2)
<Sony Storage Media 1.00>          at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass3,da3)

(the last entry is the USB stick that works as intended)

# camcontrol reset all
Reset of bus 0 returned error 0x3a
Reset of bus 1 returned error 0x3a

What is this? Is there some documentation about what errors
like 0x3a refer to? Is it in any relation with the previous

uhub_reattach_port: port 3 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 3

message recorded by dmesg?

What should I do to get this internal reader working, or isn't
it worth the time? I mean, if this is just the usual cheap and
crappy VIA "Windows"-only shit, I won't bother anymore.

-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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