Re: [gentoo-amd64] SD Card reader, HP/Compaq latptop {SOLVED}

[Mark Haney]

Javi Moreno wrote:

> # make && make modules_install
> # cp arch/'YOUR ARCH'/boot/bzImage /boot/'YOUR KERNEL'
> # reboot (not needed depending on what you had on your previous kernel)
>
> # modprobe tifm_sd
> # update-modules
>
> The device will be named /dev/mmcblk0, /dev/mmcblk0p1 for firt partition
> and
> so on.
>
> Now mount, you'll need vfat fs support.
>

Yep that did it.  The problem I had was that I was compiling mmc_core
and mmc_blk(?) as modules and they wouldn't load that way.  Once I built
them into the kernel and left tifm_sd, etc. as modules they all played
nice and now I can use my SD card.

Thanks for the help.


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Mark Haney
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