Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 2004 21:28:32 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: internal card reader support |
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Hi!
> > My notebook (hp nx9105) has an integrated 5in1 card-reader. I would > > really like to use this with linux. > > Since I do not think it is supported yet, I d like to know if it might > > be possible to write a module or so for this. > > I am just an average C programmer, but always wanted to dive into kernel > > developement. My knowledge on computer architecture is also no more than > > basic, so this might be something to really learn a lot... > > So I start at zero knowledge now. First of course I need to find out if > > what I want to do is possible at all. > > All of these devices that I've seen use the usb-storage module. > You might need to futz with the scsi_mod module max_luns argument to make it > see all the slots though.
Unfortunately, that's not the case. At least hp nx5000 has something custom for reading MMC/SD cards, definitely not usb reader. There's partial docs somewhere, you just need to bitbang it over PCI. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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