MMC/SD/SMC Card Linux Compatibility Survey (by Manufacturers)

Model	Card Type	Linux Status2)	More
MemorySolutioN	MS128SMFLA010B	SMC 128MB	works

Why do MMC cards work, but SD cards don't?

The SD Card Association product license agreement does not allow open source drivers for the SD cards. The Multimedia Card Association (which came before SD) does allow Open Source drivers. See more details in the HandHeld.org documentation.

Linux Compatibility of Built-In MMC/SD-Card Readers

Here are some Linux laptop and notebook installation reports, which describe the configuration of the MMC or Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver.

ACER Aspire 9814WKMi	KUbuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft, 7.04, Novell/SuSE 11.0 AMD64 (x86_64)
ACER TravelMate 426LC	Novell/SuSE 10.1	German
ASUS M6800N	Debian
Compal CL56	ARCHlinux
COMPAQ TC4200	Gentoo
DELL Inspiron 630M	Gentoo
DELL Inspiron 630M	Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, Dapper Drake
DELL Inspiron 6000	Debian
DELL Inspiron 6000	Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger
DELL Inspiron 6400	Ubuntu Breezy
DELL Latitude X1	Debian	Catalan
DELL Latitude X1	Gentoo
Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E-8210	Linux
HP/COMPAQ NC6400	KUbuntu Edgy
HP/COMPAQ NX6325	Debian
IBM ThinkPad Z61m	Gentoo
IBM ThinkPad Z61m	Novell/SuSE 10.2	German
Medion MD42200	KUbuntu 7.04	German
Packard Bell EasyNote A7718	Ubuntu
Samsung P30 1500 XVM	Gentoo
Samsung Q35	ARCHlinux	German
Sony VAIO VGN-AR21B	Ubuntu

Have you written a compatibility guide yourself? Then please feel free to submit a new entry.

Resources

• This site is an open collaboration effort for open source projects relating to the MultiMediaCard and SecureDigital protocols . Currently it is mostly about the Linux implementations, but other systems such as BSD are welcome to participate.
• Texas Instruments 6xx1,7xx1 FlashMedia driver for Linux
• TI FlashMedia xx12/xx21 driver Alternative attempt to develop linux driver for TI FlashMedia xx12/xx21 storage controllers.
• SDCard.org
• MMCA.org
• some notes about card readers with UniX
• SD-MMC: Open source implementation of the SD-MMC device drivers.
• sdricoh_cs is a Linux driver for Ricoh Secure Digital and MMC Card Readers that announce themselves as Ricoh Bay1Controller pcmcia device. These reader are used e.g. in some laptops made by Samsung and other notebook manufacturers.