From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261352AbULHU3F (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:29:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261350AbULHU3F (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:29:05 -0500 Received: from gprs214-70.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.70]:61318 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261352AbULHU2x (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:28:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 21:28:32 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Dave Jones , Felix Dorner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-laptop@mobilix.org Subject: Re: internal card reader support Message-ID: <20041208202832.GA15615@elf.ucw.cz> References: <41B74174.3080908@web.de> <20041208182134.GB2345@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041208182134.GB2345@redhat.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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!