MMC Driver

Overview

The SD/SDIO/MMC driver supports SD memory, SDIO cards, and eMMC chips. This is a protocol layer driver (sdmmc/include/sdmmc_cmd.h) which can work together with:

SDMMC host driver (esp_driver_sdmmc/include/driver/sdmmc_host.h), see SDMMC Host API for more details.
SDSPI host driver (esp_driver_sdspi/include/driver/sdspi_host.h), see SD SPI Host API for more details.

Protocol Layer vs Host Layer

The SDMMC protocol layer described in this document handles the specifics of the SD protocol, such as the card initialization flow and various data transfer command flows. The protocol layer works with the host via the sdmmc_host_t structure. This structure contains pointers to various functions of the host.

Host layer driver(s) implement the protocol layer driver by supporting these functions:

Sending commands to slave devices
Sending and receiving data
Handling error conditions within the bus

Application Examples

storage/sd_card/sdmmc demonstrates how to operate an SD card formatted with the FatFS file system via the SDMMC interface.
storage/emmc demonstrates how to operate an eMMC chip formatted with the FatFS file system via the SDMMC interface.
storage/sd_card/sdspi demonstrates how to operate an SD card formatted with the FatFS file system via the SPI interface.

Protocol Layer API

The protocol layer is given the sdmmc_host_t structure. This structure describes the SD/MMC host driver, lists its capabilities, and provides pointers to functions for the implementation driver. The protocol layer stores card-specific information in the sdmmc_card_t structure. When sending commands to the SD/MMC host driver, the protocol layer uses the sdmmc_command_t structure to describe the command, arguments, expected return values, and data to transfer if there is any.

Using API with SD Memory Cards

To initialize the SDMMC host, call the host driver functions, e.g., sdmmc_host_init(), sdmmc_host_init_slot().¸
To initialize the SDSPI host, call the host driver functions, e.g., sdspi_host_init(), sdspi_host_init_slot().
To initialize the card, call sdmmc_card_init() and pass to it the parameters host - the host driver information, and card - a pointer to the structure sdmmc_card_t which will be filled with information about the card when the function completes.
To read and write sectors of the card, use sdmmc_read_sectors() and sdmmc_write_sectors() respectively and pass to it the parameter card - a pointer to the card information structure.
If the card is not used anymore, call the host driver function to disable the host peripheral and free the resources allocated by the driver (sdmmc_host_deinit for SDMMC or sdspi_host_deinit for SDSPI).

Using API with eMMC Chips

From the protocol layer's perspective, eMMC memory chips behave exactly like SD memory cards. Even though eMMCs are chips and do not have a card form factor, the terminology for SD cards can still be applied to eMMC due to the similarity of the protocol (sdmmc_card_t, sdmmc_card_init). Note that eMMC chips cannot be used over SPI, which makes them incompatible with the SD SPI host driver.

To initialize eMMC memory and perform read/write operations, follow the steps listed for SD cards in the previous section.

Using API with SDIO Cards

Initialization and the probing process are the same as with SD memory cards. The only difference is in data transfer commands in SDIO mode.

During the card initialization and probing, performed with sdmmc_card_init(), the driver only configures the following registers of the IO card:

The IO portion of the card is reset by setting RES bit in the I/O Abort (0x06) register.
If 4-line mode is enabled in host and slot configuration, the driver attempts to set the Bus width field in the Bus Interface Control (0x07) register. If setting the filed is successful, which means that the slave supports 4-line mode, the host is also switched to 4-line mode.
If high-speed mode is enabled in the host configuration, the SHS bit is set in the High Speed (0x13) register.

In particular, the driver does not set any bits in (1) I/O Enable and Int Enable registers, (2) I/O block sizes, etc. Applications can set them by calling sdmmc_io_write_byte().

For card configuration and data transfer, choose the pair of functions relevant to your case from the table below.

Action	Read Function	Write Function
Read and write a single byte using IO_RW_DIRECT (CMD52)	`sdmmc_io_read_byte()`	`sdmmc_io_write_byte()`
Read and write multiple bytes using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53) in byte mode	`sdmmc_io_read_bytes()`	`sdmmc_io_write_bytes()`
Read and write blocks of data using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53) in block mode	`sdmmc_io_read_blocks()`	`sdmmc_io_write_blocks()`

SDIO interrupts can be enabled by the application using the function sdmmc_io_enable_int(). When using SDIO in 1-line mode, the D1 line also needs to be connected to use SDIO interrupts.

If you want the application to wait until the SDIO interrupt occurs, use sdmmc_io_wait_int().

There is a component ESSL (ESP Serial Slave Link) to use if you are communicating with an ESP32 SDIO slave. See ESP Serial Slave Link and example peripherals/sdio/host.

Combo (Memory + IO) Cards

The driver does not support SD combo cards. Combo cards are treated as IO cards.

Thread Safety

Most applications need to use the protocol layer only in one task. For this reason, the protocol layer does not implement any kind of locking on the sdmmc_card_t structure, or when accessing SDMMC or SD SPI host drivers. Such locking is usually implemented on a higher layer, e.g., in the filesystem driver.

API Reference

Header File

components/sdmmc/include/sdmmc_cmd.h
This header file can be included with:
#include "sdmmc_cmd.h"
This header file is a part of the API provided by the sdmmc component. To declare that your component depends on sdmmc, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:
REQUIRES sdmmc
or
PRIV_REQUIRES sdmmc

Functions

esp_err_t sdmmc_card_init(const sdmmc_host_t *host, sdmmc_card_t *out_card)

Probe and initialize SD/MMC card using given host

Parameters

host -- pointer to structure defining host controller
out_card -- pointer to structure which will receive information about the card when the function completes

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

void sdmmc_card_print_info(FILE *stream, const sdmmc_card_t *card)

Print information about the card to a stream.

Parameters

stream -- stream obtained using fopen or fdopen
card -- card information structure initialized using sdmmc_card_init

esp_err_t sdmmc_get_status(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Get status of SD/MMC card

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_write_sectors(sdmmc_card_t *card, const void *src, size_t start_sector, size_t sector_count)

Write given number of sectors to SD/MMC card

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
src -- pointer to data buffer to read data from; data size must be equal to sector_count * card->csd.sector_size
start_sector -- sector where to start writing
sector_count -- number of sectors to write

Returns

ESP_OK on success or sector_count equal to 0
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_read_sectors(sdmmc_card_t *card, void *dst, size_t start_sector, size_t sector_count)

Read given number of sectors from the SD/MMC card

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
dst -- pointer to data buffer to write into; buffer size must be at least sector_count * card->csd.sector_size
start_sector -- sector where to start reading
sector_count -- number of sectors to read

Returns

ESP_OK on success or sector_count equal to 0
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_erase_sectors(sdmmc_card_t *card, size_t start_sector, size_t sector_count, sdmmc_erase_arg_t arg)

Erase given number of sectors from the SD/MMC card

Note

When sdmmc_erase_sectors used with cards in SDSPI mode, it was observed that card requires re-init after erase operation.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
start_sector -- sector where to start erase
sector_count -- number of sectors to erase
arg -- erase command (CMD38) argument

Returns

ESP_OK on success or sector_count equal to 0
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_can_discard(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Check if SD/MMC card supports discard

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK if supported by the card/device
ESP_FAIL if not supported by the card/device

esp_err_t sdmmc_can_trim(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Check if SD/MMC card supports trim

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK if supported by the card/device
ESP_FAIL if not supported by the card/device

esp_err_t sdmmc_mmc_can_sanitize(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Check if SD/MMC card supports sanitize

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK if supported by the card/device
ESP_FAIL if not supported by the card/device

esp_err_t sdmmc_mmc_sanitize(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t timeout_ms)

Sanitize the data that was unmapped by a Discard command

Note

Discard command has to precede sanitize operation. To discard, use MMC_DICARD_ARG with sdmmc_erase_sectors argument

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
timeout_ms -- timeout value in milliseconds required to sanitize the selected range of sectors.

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_full_erase(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Erase complete SD/MMC card

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_read_byte(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t reg, uint8_t *out_byte)

Read one byte from an SDIO card using IO_RW_DIRECT (CMD52)

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
reg -- byte address within IO function
out_byte -- [out] output, receives the value read from the card

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_write_byte(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t reg, uint8_t in_byte, uint8_t *out_byte)

Write one byte to an SDIO card using IO_RW_DIRECT (CMD52)

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
reg -- byte address within IO function
in_byte -- value to be written
out_byte -- [out] if not NULL, receives new byte value read from the card (read-after-write).

Returns

ESP_OK on success
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_read_bytes(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t addr, void *dst, size_t size)

Read multiple bytes from an SDIO card using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53)

This function performs read operation using CMD53 in byte mode. For block mode, see sdmmc_io_read_blocks.

By default OP Code is set (incrementing address). To send CMD53 without this bit, OR the argument addr with SDMMC_IO_FIXED_ADDR.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
addr -- byte address within IO function where reading starts
dst -- buffer which receives the data read from card. Aligned to 4 byte boundary unless SDMMC_HOST_FLAG_ALLOC_ALIGNED_BUF flag is set when calling sdmmc_card_init. The flag is mandatory when the buffer is behind the cache.
size -- number of bytes to read, 1 to 512.

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE if size exceeds 512 bytes
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_write_bytes(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t addr, const void *src, size_t size)

Write multiple bytes to an SDIO card using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53)

This function performs write operation using CMD53 in byte mode. For block mode, see sdmmc_io_write_blocks.

By default OP Code is set (incrementing address). To send CMD53 without this bit, OR the argument addr with SDMMC_IO_FIXED_ADDR.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
addr -- byte address within IO function where writing starts
src -- data to be written. Aligned to 4 byte boundary unless SDMMC_HOST_FLAG_ALLOC_ALIGNED_BUF flag is set when calling sdmmc_card_init. The flag is mandatory when the buffer is behind the cache.
size -- number of bytes to write, 1 to 512.

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE if size exceeds 512 bytes
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_read_blocks(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t addr, void *dst, size_t size)

Read blocks of data from an SDIO card using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53)

This function performs read operation using CMD53 in block mode. For byte mode, see sdmmc_io_read_bytes.

By default OP Code is set (incrementing address). To send CMD53 without this bit, OR the argument addr with SDMMC_IO_FIXED_ADDR.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
addr -- byte address within IO function where writing starts
dst -- buffer which receives the data read from card. Aligned to 4 byte boundary, and also cache line size if the buffer is behind the cache.
size -- number of bytes to read, must be divisible by the card block size.

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE if size is not divisible by 512 bytes
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_write_blocks(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint32_t function, uint32_t addr, const void *src, size_t size)

Write blocks of data to an SDIO card using IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53)

This function performs write operation using CMD53 in block mode. For byte mode, see sdmmc_io_write_bytes.

By default OP Code is set (incrementing address). To send CMD53 without this bit, OR the argument addr with SDMMC_IO_FIXED_ADDR.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
function -- IO function number
addr -- byte address within IO function where writing starts
src -- data to be written. Aligned to 4 byte boundary, and also cache line size if the buffer is behind the cache.
size -- number of bytes to write, must be divisible by the card block size.

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE if size is not divisible by 512 bytes
One of the error codes from SDMMC host controller

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_enable_int(sdmmc_card_t *card)

Enable SDIO interrupt in the SDMMC host

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init

Returns

ESP_OK on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the host controller does not support IO interrupts

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_wait_int(sdmmc_card_t *card, TickType_t timeout_ticks)

Block until an SDIO interrupt is received

Slave uses D1 line to signal interrupt condition to the host. This function can be used to wait for the interrupt.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
timeout_ticks -- time to wait for the interrupt, in RTOS ticks

Returns

ESP_OK if the interrupt is received
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the host controller does not support IO interrupts
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT if the interrupt does not happen in timeout_ticks

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_get_cis_data(sdmmc_card_t *card, uint8_t *out_buffer, size_t buffer_size, size_t *inout_cis_size)

Get the data of CIS region of an SDIO card.

You may provide a buffer not sufficient to store all the CIS data. In this case, this function stores as much data into your buffer as possible. Also, this function will try to get and return the size required for you.

Parameters

card -- pointer to card information structure previously initialized using sdmmc_card_init
out_buffer -- Output buffer of the CIS data
buffer_size -- Size of the buffer.
inout_cis_size -- Mandatory, pointer to a size, input and output.
- input: Limitation of maximum searching range, should be 0 or larger than buffer_size. The function searches for CIS_CODE_END until this range. Set to 0 to search infinitely.
- output: The size required to store all the CIS data, if CIS_CODE_END is found.

Returns

ESP_OK: on success
ESP_ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE: if the card does not (correctly) support CIS.
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: CIS_CODE_END found, but buffer_size is less than required size, which is stored in the inout_cis_size then.
ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND: if the CIS_CODE_END not found. Increase input value of inout_cis_size or set it to 0, if you still want to search for the end; output value of inout_cis_size is invalid in this case.
and other error code return from sdmmc_io_read_bytes

esp_err_t sdmmc_io_print_cis_info(uint8_t *buffer, size_t buffer_size, FILE *fp)

Parse and print the CIS information of an SDIO card.

Note

Not all the CIS codes and all kinds of tuples are supported. If you see some unresolved code, you can add the parsing of these code in sdmmc_io.c and contribute to the IDF through the Github repository.

         using sdmmc_card_init

Parameters

buffer -- Buffer to parse
buffer_size -- Size of the buffer.
fp -- File pointer to print to, set to NULL to print to stdout.

Returns

ESP_OK: on success
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: if the value from the card is not supported to be parsed.
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: if the CIS size fields are not correct.

Macros

SDMMC_IO_FIXED_ADDR: Call sdmmc_io_read_bytes, sdmmc_io_write_bytes, sdmmc_io_read_blocks or sdmmc_io_write_bocks APIs with address ORed by this flag to send CMD53 with OP Code clear (fixed address)

Header File

components/esp_driver_sdmmc/include/driver/sdmmc_types.h
This header file can be included with:
#include "driver/sdmmc_types.h"
This header file is a part of the API provided by the esp_driver_sdmmc component. To declare that your component depends on esp_driver_sdmmc, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:
REQUIRES esp_driver_sdmmc
or
PRIV_REQUIRES esp_driver_sdmmc

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