diff -puN drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c~sdhci-s3c-add-support-for-new-card-detection-methods drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c~sdhci-s3c-add-support-for-new-card-detection-methods
+++ a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
 
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ struct sdhci_s3c {
 	struct resource		*ioarea;
 	struct s3c_sdhci_platdata *pdata;
 	unsigned int		cur_clk;
+	int			ext_cd_irq;
+	int			ext_cd_gpio;
 
 	struct clk		*clk_io;
 	struct clk		*clk_bus[MAX_BUS_CLK];
@@ -235,6 +238,61 @@ static struct sdhci_ops sdhci_s3c_ops = 
 	.get_min_clock		= sdhci_s3c_get_min_clock,
 };
 
+static void sdhci_s3c_notify_change(struct platform_device *dev, int state)
+{
+	struct sdhci_host *host = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
+	if (host) {
+		mutex_lock(&host->lock);
+		if (state) {
+			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "card inserted.\n");
+			host->flags &= ~SDHCI_DEVICE_DEAD;
+			host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION;
+		} else {
+			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "card removed.\n");
+			host->flags |= SDHCI_DEVICE_DEAD;
+			host->quirks &= ~SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION;
+		}
+		sdhci_card_detect(host);
+		mutex_unlock(&host->lock);
+	}
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t sdhci_s3c_gpio_card_detect_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct sdhci_s3c *sc = dev_id;
+	int status = gpio_get_value(sc->ext_cd_gpio);
+	if (sc->pdata->ext_cd_gpio_invert)
+		status = !status;
+	sdhci_s3c_notify_change(sc->pdev, status);
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static void sdhci_s3c_setup_card_detect_gpio(struct sdhci_s3c *sc)
+{
+	struct s3c_sdhci_platdata *pdata = sc->pdata;
+	struct device *dev = &sc->pdev->dev;
+
+	if (gpio_request(pdata->ext_cd_gpio, "SDHCI EXT CD") == 0) {
+		sc->ext_cd_gpio = pdata->ext_cd_gpio;
+		sc->ext_cd_irq = gpio_to_irq(pdata->ext_cd_gpio);
+		if (sc->ext_cd_irq &&
+		    request_threaded_irq(sc->ext_cd_irq, NULL,
+					 sdhci_s3c_gpio_card_detect_thread,
+					 IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING | IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING,
+					 dev_name(dev), sc) == 0) {
+			int status = gpio_get_value(sc->ext_cd_gpio);
+			if (pdata->ext_cd_gpio_invert)
+				status = !status;
+			sdhci_s3c_notify_change(sc->pdev, status);
+		} else {
+			dev_warn(dev, "cannot request irq for card detect\n");
+			sc->ext_cd_irq = 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		dev_err(dev, "cannot request gpio for card detect\n");
+	}
+}
+
 static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct s3c_sdhci_platdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
@@ -272,6 +330,7 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(str
 	sc->host = host;
 	sc->pdev = pdev;
 	sc->pdata = pdata;
+	sc->ext_cd_gpio = -1; /* invalid gpio number */
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, host);
 
@@ -353,6 +412,13 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(str
 	 * SDHCI block, or a missing configuration that needs to be set. */
 	host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_NO_BUSY_IRQ;
 
+	if (pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_NONE ||
+	    pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_PERMANENT)
+		host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION;
+
+	if (pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_PERMANENT)
+		host->mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_NONREMOVABLE;
+
 	host->quirks |= (SDHCI_QUIRK_32BIT_DMA_ADDR |
 			 SDHCI_QUIRK_32BIT_DMA_SIZE);
 
@@ -365,6 +431,15 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(str
 		goto err_add_host;
 	}
 
+	/* The following two methods of card detection might call
+	   sdhci_s3c_notify_change() immediately, so they can be called
+	   only after sdhci_add_host(). Setup errors are ignored. */
+	if (pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_EXTERNAL && pdata->ext_cd_init)
+		pdata->ext_cd_init(&sdhci_s3c_notify_change);
+	if (pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_GPIO &&
+	    gpio_is_valid(pdata->ext_cd_gpio))
+		sdhci_s3c_setup_card_detect_gpio(sc);
+
 	return 0;
 
  err_add_host:
@@ -389,10 +464,20 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(str
 
 static int __devexit sdhci_s3c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct s3c_sdhci_platdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct sdhci_host *host =  platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct sdhci_s3c *sc = sdhci_priv(host);
 	int ptr;
 
+	if (pdata->cd_type == S3C_SDHCI_CD_EXTERNAL && pdata->ext_cd_cleanup)
+		pdata->ext_cd_cleanup(&sdhci_s3c_notify_change);
+
+	if (sc->ext_cd_irq)
+		free_irq(sc->ext_cd_irq, sc);
+
+	if (gpio_is_valid(sc->ext_cd_gpio))
+		gpio_free(sc->ext_cd_gpio);
+
 	sdhci_remove_host(host, 1);
 
 	for (ptr = 0; ptr < 3; ptr++) {
diff -puN drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h~sdhci-s3c-add-support-for-new-card-detection-methods drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h~sdhci-s3c-add-support-for-new-card-detection-methods
+++ a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static inline void *sdhci_priv(struct sd
 	return (void *)host->private;
 }
 
+extern void sdhci_card_detect(struct sdhci_host *host);
 extern int sdhci_add_host(struct sdhci_host *host);
 extern void sdhci_remove_host(struct sdhci_host *host, int dead);
 
