From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261300AbULHSW2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:22:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261292AbULHSW0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:22:26 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:63972 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261273AbULHSWA (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:22:00 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:21:34 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Felix Dorner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-laptop@mobilix.org Subject: Re: internal card reader support Message-ID: <20041208182134.GB2345@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Felix Dorner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-laptop@mobilix.org References: <41B74174.3080908@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B74174.3080908@web.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 06:01:24PM +0000, Felix Dorner wrote: > 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. Dave