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When inspecting the systems power usage trough powertop I recognized the
sd card reader is running 100% of time and consuming between 8 and 16 W
on my laptop despite not being even in use. Powertop prints:

 11.5 W    100,0%                      Device         USB device:
USB2.0-CRW (Generic)


This problem was not there when inspecting the power usage a few weeks before. 
Also when inserting actually a sd-card the power usage shrinks drastically so 
it is not even seen in powertop on the first places. 

I have tested it with kernel version 5.13.0-21-generic and
5.13.0-22-generic and the problem exists on both, but it seems a bit
worse on 5.13.0-22-generic. I have not configured anything manually
there.

lsusb prints for the sd-card reader the following: 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card 
Reader Controller

I am using Ubuntu 21.10


Summary: 
Ubuntu 21.10
Kernel version: 5.13.0-21-generic and 5.13.0-22-generic tested
What I expected to happen: SD card reader *not* eating up all that power when 
not even in use
What happened instead: SD card reader eating up all that power when not even in 
use

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment impish kernel-bug
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sd card reader runs 100% of time and consumes way too much power
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1953557
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