SD Card not showing up

[theRealBigP]

I searched the forums and it seems people are simply able to insert an SD/SDHC card into the slot and it shows up as /dev/mmcblk0 (or something similarly named). I don't get any new device appearing when I plug in any of several SD cards that I have laying around. Is there some extra step I need to take before I can hot-swap cards and have the SheevaPlug recognize them? Thanks.

[KaiBo]

Unplug the card, than plug it back in and do "dmesg | tail". It should read something like this:

Code:

root@debian:~# dmesg | tail -n 5
mmc0: card bb41 removed
mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming write-enable.
mmc0: new SD card at address bb41
mmcblk0: mmc0:bb41 SU02G 1.89 GiB
 mmcblk0: p1

If it does, the card is being recognized by your kernel. You should now have a device called /dev/mmcblk0. If you don't, you should check either your card, your kernel or your modules.

[theRealBigP]

Thanks for the suggestion. dmesg reports nothing similar to what you posted:

sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4

I have tried a couple of different SD cards; both of them work on my computer as well as an old PDA. Does it matter what filesystem the card is partitioned with? It seems the problem is lower-level than that. How can I ensure I have the right kernel and modules loaded? I am simply using the stock system that came pre-loaded with my plug, which just arrived this past Monday.

Thanks again for your help.

[theRealBigP]

I got an e-mail from GlobalScale suggesting I may not be running a kernel with SD card support. I'm just using the stock filesystem that came pre-loaded on the device, which I received on 4/13. uname -a reports:

Linux debian 2.6.22.18 #1 Thu Mar 19 14:46:22 IST 2009 armv5tejl GNU/Linux

Do I need a newer kernel?

[Dhaval Vasa]

Stock kernel shipped with SheevaPlug supports SD i.e. SD driver is built-in to the kernel.  Can you post your kernel boot up log and output of following command:

cat /proc/partitions

Please make sure that SD card is inserted into SD connector while you boot up kernel.

- Dhaval

[theRealBigP]

I inserted an SD card and then rebooted the SheevaPlug. The log is available at:

http://cid-57cbd2fd846825be.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/putty.log

I'm not really able to decipher much of it, as I haven't ever messed around with a Linux kernel. The result of cat /proc/partitions is:

major minor  #blocks  name

  31     0       4096 mtdblock0
  31     1     519168 mtdblock1

Hopefully someone more experienced can decipher the log. Thanks for the suggestion; I'm beginning to feel more strongly that the connector is electrically dead.

[Dhaval Vasa]

SD on your SheevaPlug seems dead; you will need to report this issue to GlobalScale.

- Dhaval

[theRealBigP]

Yeah, they are already sending me an advance replacement. Good to know their customer service is responsive.