Re: [PATCH] mmc: Always check for lower base frequency quirk forRicoh 1180:e823

[Manoj Iyer]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Josh Boyer wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 11:27:01AM -0500, Manoj Iyer wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >
> > > Commit 15bed0f2f added a quirk for the e823 Ricoh card reader to lower the
> > > base frequency.  However, the quirk first checks to see if the proprietary
> > > MMC controller is disabled, and returns if so.  On some devices, such as the
> > > Lenovo X220, the MMC controller is already disabled by firmware it seems,
> >
> > It is possible that the newer firmware from Lenovo disables the MMC
> > controller. When the patch was done, these laptops had just been
> > announced, so they had a very early version of the firmware (ver
> > 1.02 iirc).
>
> Seems so.  The X220 laptop I debugged this on shows:
>
> [jwboyer@zod linux-2.6]$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_version
> 8DET42WW (1.12 )

I was able to track down the one I debugged, luckily the firmware on it was 
never updated, and great! the bios is even older than I thought...

u@u:~$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_version
8DET25WW (0.25 )
u@u:~$

So, yes definitely looks like BIOS might have disabled MMC in the newer 
releases. /me wonders when IBVs will get their act together ...

> josh

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