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SubjectRe: internal card reader support
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
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