I've updated the bios to version A09 today and checked if the problem still exists. It does.
So with the information from Blackgr i tested the two kernel versions and i can indeed verify that kernel 4.1.8-040108-generic reads mt SDXC card just fine (four line excerpt from dmesg): [ 92.252656] mmc0: new ultra high speed SDR104 SDXC card at address 0007 [ 92.252866] mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD64G 58.1 GiB [ 92.255131] mmcblk0: p1 [ 92.471332] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) tud254222 ~$ uname -a Linux tud254222 4.1.8-040108-generic #201509211431 SMP Mon Sep 21 18:34:20 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux whereas kernel 4.1.9-040109-generic shows the erroneous behaviour (three line excerpt from dmesg, repeated 4 times): [ 64.118346] sdhci: Timeout waiting for Buffer Read Ready interrupt during tuning procedure, falling back to fixed sampling clock [ 64.120131] mmc0: tuning execution failed [ 64.120136] mmc0: error -5 whilst initialising SD card tud254222 ~/Downloads/4.1.9$ uname -a Linux tud254222 4.1.9-040109-generic #201509291430 SMP Tue Sep 29 18:32:50 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thank you Blackgr for the hard work! My SD card is a Kingston SD10VG2/64GB SDXC ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514821 Title: SD card reader on Dell E7250 doesn't work in Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I booted the machine with the SD card removed. I logged into Unity, inserted the SD card and saw the error messages popping up in dmesg: sdhci: Timeout waiting for Buffer Read Ready interrupt during tuning procedure, falling back to fixed sampling clock mmc0: tuning execution failed mmc0: error -5 whilst initialising SD card I was expecting to see the SD card mounted in the Unity actionbar, like in 15.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: linux-image-4.2.0-18-generic 4.2.0-18.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: <username> 1864 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: <username> 1864 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Nov 10 13:56:18 2015 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a507736b-2856-48bd-ae57-a3a1a678c150 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-19 (144 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7250 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-18-generic root=UUID=fe9cd698-4d8c-4ea1-9cce-af132d859b83 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.149.1 SourcePackage: linux UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-02 (8 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/01/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.asset.tag: TUD254222 dmi.board.name: 0TVD2T dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: TUD254222 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd09/01/2015:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7250:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TVD2T:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E7250 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1514821/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp