Do internal SD card readers (on laptops) work in linux?

MasterOfTheWind · 04-18-2006, 12:07 PM

Hi!

I have an ASUS A6U laptop. It has an internal SD card reader. I wonder if it works with linux? I googled around a bit and found out that most people do have it working fine. But to be sure, I just want to ask you.

You see, I'm planning on buying one of those cards to use on my mobile phone. It would be nice to know if it works on my laptop, too

Penguin of Wonder · 04-18-2006, 12:21 PM

Yes it will work in Linux. Make sure you use the 2.6.xx kernel though. And I think there are some options you have to enable, but I couldn't tell you which ones.

MasterOfTheWind · 04-18-2006, 12:29 PM

Hmmm... I'm using 2.6.16, so that should be ok. I'll see if I could find those option... Thanks a lot anyways

MasterOfTheWind · 04-18-2006, 12:34 PM

Just found:

Code:

You need, at a minimum, the following enabled in your kernel:

CONFIG_SCSI
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD
CONFIG_USB
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD (for USB 2.0)
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD and/or CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD (USB 1.1)
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
CONFIG_VFAT_FS

trying this out now...

Penguin of Wonder · 04-18-2006, 12:41 PM

Rock I'm glad you found what you need, here's hoping it works!

MasterOfTheWind · 04-18-2006, 12:44 PM

Yup. Everything is fine. From menuconfig: Device Drivers-->MMC/SD Card-->... All the necessary options are modularized by default, so everything should be OK. Ordering the SD card now

peterrus · 07-14-2006, 02:54 AM

if you have multiple slots in the reader make sure that all LUNS are scanned, google for this as i dont know much about it. but i know this has to be enabled, as far as i know ubuntu breezy already has this, but slackware hasnt.