diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/CMakeLists.txt b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/CMakeLists.txt
index a68c15ef15..69c0f129bc 100644
--- a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if(CONFIG_SOC_GPSPI_SUPPORTED)
 endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_SOC_SDIO_SLAVE_SUPPORTED)
-    list(APPEND srcs "essl_sdio.c")
+    list(APPEND srcs "essl_sdio.c" "essl_sdio_defs.c")
 endif()
 
 idf_component_register(
diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.c b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.c
index 70718b0516..028be7f067 100644
--- a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.c
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -12,12 +12,24 @@
 #include "essl_internal.h"
 #include "essl_sdio.h"
 
-#if SOC_SDIO_SLAVE_SUPPORTED
-#include "soc/host_reg.h"
-
 static const char TAG[] = "essl_sdio";
 
-#define HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W_REG(pos) (HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W0_REG+pos+(pos>23?4:0)+(pos>31?12:0))
+#ifndef DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE
+#define DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE             0 //The SDIO slave only check the least significant 10 bits, this doesn't matter
+#endif
+
+//This should be consistent with the macro in soc/host_reg.h
+#define HOST_SLC0HOST_TOKEN_RDATA_REG   (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x44)
+#define HOST_SLC0HOST_INT_RAW_REG       (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x50)
+#define HOST_SLC0HOST_INT_ST_REG        (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x58)
+#define HOST_SLCHOST_PKT_LEN_REG        (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x60)
+#define HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W0_REG        (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x6C)
+#define HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W7_REG        (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0x8C)
+#define HOST_SLC0HOST_INT_CLR_REG       (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0xD4)
+#define HOST_SLC0HOST_FUNC1_INT_ENA_REG (DR_REG_SLCHOST_BASE + 0xDC)
+
+
+#define HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W_REG(pos)    (HOST_SLCHOST_CONF_W0_REG+pos+(pos>23?4:0)+(pos>31?12:0))
 
 #define ESSL_CMD53_END_ADDR    0x1f800
 
@@ -495,5 +507,3 @@ void essl_sdio_reset_cnt(void *arg)
     ctx->rx_got_bytes = 0;
     ctx->tx_sent_buffers = 0;
 }
-
-#endif // #if SOC_SDIO_SLAVE_SUPPORTED
diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.c b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d3bbbc2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+// Definitions of Espressif SDIO Slave hardware
+
+
+#include "essl_sdio.h"
+
+essl_sdio_def_t ESSL_SDIO_DEF_ESP32 = {
+    .new_packet_intr_mask = BIT(23),
+};
+
+essl_sdio_def_t ESSL_SDIO_DEF_ESP32C6 = {
+    .new_packet_intr_mask = BIT(23),
+};
diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_spi.c b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_spi.c
index 583f837294..703db76cd0 100644
--- a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_spi.c
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_spi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -267,9 +267,8 @@ static esp_err_t essl_spi_update_tx_buffer_num(void *arg, uint32_t wait_ms);
 esp_err_t essl_spi_init_dev(essl_handle_t *out_handle, const essl_spi_config_t *init_config)
 {
     ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(init_config->spi, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, TAG, "Check SPI initialization first");
-    // for esp32-s2 SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE is 72, so compiler warns that comparisons of 'tx/rx_sync_reg' are always true
-    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE((uint32_t)init_config->tx_sync_reg <= (SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE - 1) * 4, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "GPSPI supports %d-byte-width internal registers", SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE);
-    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE((uint32_t)init_config->rx_sync_reg <= (SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE - 1) * 4, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "GPSPI supports %d-byte-width internal registers", SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(init_config->tx_sync_reg <= (SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE - 1) * 4, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "GPSPI supports %d-byte-width internal registers", SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(init_config->rx_sync_reg <= (SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE - 1) * 4, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "GPSPI supports %d-byte-width internal registers", SOC_SPI_MAXIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE);
     ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(init_config->tx_sync_reg != init_config->rx_sync_reg, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "Should use different word of registers for synchronization");
 
     essl_spi_context_t *context = calloc(1, sizeof(essl_spi_context_t));
diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.h b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.h
index 1f26261703..b786197928 100644
--- a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.h
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "esp_err.h"
+#include "driver/sdmmc_types.h"
 #include "driver/sdmmc_host.h"
 
 #include "esp_serial_slave_link/essl.h"
+#include "essl_sdio_defs.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.h b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e50cc3ce93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/driver/test_apps/components/esp_serial_slave_link/include/esp_serial_slave_link/essl_sdio_defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+/**
+ * This file contains SDIO Slave hardware specific requirements
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef struct {
+    //interrupts
+    uint32_t new_packet_intr_mask;
+} essl_sdio_def_t;
+
+/// Definitions of ESP32 SDIO Slave hardware
+extern essl_sdio_def_t ESSL_SDIO_DEF_ESP32;
+/// Definitions of ESP32C6 SDIO Slave hardware
+extern essl_sdio_def_t ESSL_SDIO_DEF_ESP32C6;
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif