This is a temporary fix for RTS5129/RTS5139 USB MMC card reader on Linux 3.16+ kernels.

This ocurred during a transition from 3.15 to 3.16 kernel, as a result of the staging/rts5139 driver (which worked with the RTS5129/RTS5139) being replaced by the newer rtsx driver (which does not work with the RTS5129/RTS5139). This project reverts back to the old drivers as a temporary measure to get things up and running again.

sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

https://github.com/kelebek333/rts5139-dkms

sudo dkms add ./rts5139-dkms

sudo dkms build rts5139-dkms/1.0

sudo dkms install rts5139-dkms/1.0

sudo cp ./rts5139-dkms/blacklist-rts5139.conf /etc/modprobe.d/

For initramfs

sudo update-initramfs -u

For dracut

sudo dracut -q --force

sudo dkms build rts5139-dkms/1.0 --all

sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rts5139.conf

Download following package and install with Gdebi.

rts5139-dkms_1.06+klbkppa1_all.deb

For remove deb package.

sudo apt purge rts5139-dkms

Install

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/drivers

sudo apt update

sudo apt install rts5139-dkms

Remove package

sudo apt purge rts5139-dkms

Remove PPA

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:kelebek333/drivers

sudo apt update

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