There's some more about the TI issues here: http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Controllers/TexasInstruments/FlashMedia
Among the comments is: "The Texas Instruments specific interface is accessed through the PCI subdevice called "FlashMedia controller" (PCI id 104c:8033). Currently, there is no linux support for this interface, however some early driver/software work seems to have been done on TI's behalf by a consulting company called [WWW] Everest Inc" -- Texas Instruments Card reader not supported https://launchpad.net/bugs/53923 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
