Clandestine USB SD card slot

[Anthony Jenkins]

On 10/15/16 18:28, George Mitchell wrote:
> FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p7 #0: Thu Aug 11 18:38:15 UTC 2016
> Acer Aspire E15
> There is a slot on the front of this laptop which sure looks like an
> SD card slot, which I hope corresponds to one of these:
>
> ugen1.1: <EHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps)
> pwr=SAVE (0mA)
> ugen0.1: <XHCI root HUB 0x1022> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER
> (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
> ugen2.1: <EHCI root HUB AMD> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps)
> pwr=SAVE (0mA)
> ugen1.2: <product 0x7900 vendor 0x0438> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
> ugen2.2: <product 0x7900 vendor 0x0438> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
> ugen0.2: <product 0x10b8 vendor 0x1058> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (224mA)
> ugen1.3: <Generic USB Hub ALCOR> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL
> (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
> ugen2.3: <product 0x2970 vendor 0x06cb> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
> ugen1.4: <USB OPTICAL MOUSE vendor 0x0101> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
> ugen1.5: <USB 2.0 Hub vendor 0x1a40> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL
> (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
> ugen1.6: <E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab E-MU Systems,Inc.> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
> ugen1.7: <product 0x300b vendor 0x04ca> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
> ugen1.8: <HD WebCam NC.21411.02W44504122LM0007> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST
> spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
>
> But inserting a card into the slot produces no results, even with
> sysctl hw.usb.umass.debug=1 hw.usb.ugen.debug=1 hw.usb.dev.debug=1.
> (sysctl hw.usb.debug=1 produces way too much output all the time.)
> Any suggestions on how I can get this slot to overcome its shyness?
> (I am not subscribed to the list; please CC me.)          -- George
Your card reader is probably on the PCI bus (and likely not supported by
FreeBSD); I couldn't find any of your USB Pid:Vids as card readers.

[ajenkins at ajenkins-hplaptop ~]$ pciconf -lv
...
none2 at pci0:3:0:0:       class=0xff0000 card=0x1995103c chip=0x522910ec
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader'

Anthony Jenkins