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From: Edward Falk <falk@efalk.org>
Subject: Re: SD power-control necessary?
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:53:10 -0800
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On 01/07/2011 07:37 AM, Edward A. Falk wrote:

> Just a random thought: allowing the driver to power off the SD card will
> defeat the "power-on memory protect" feature. This is how the supposedly
> secure G2 was jailbroken.

Ahh, I see we're talking about a removable SD card.  In that case, 
jailbreaking is not an issue, so yes, the driver should be able to 
remove power from the device.