From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261298AbULHSJy (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:09:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261308AbULHSGY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:06:24 -0500 Received: from smtp08.web.de ([217.72.192.226]:27835 "EHLO smtp08.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261288AbULHSB4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:01:56 -0500 Message-ID: <41B74174.3080908@web.de> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:01:24 +0000 From: Felix Dorner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-laptop@mobilix.org Subject: internal card reader support Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. This means now to identify the hardware inside and see if I can get documents for that. First I just start with: #lspci [...] 0000:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device ac54 (rev 01) 0000:02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device ac54 (rev 01) 0000:02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8201 (rev 01) [...] This is all that I have. Now I am already confused. My box has one PCMCIA slot. Which is now the PCMCIA and which is the CardReader? What about the third device? Might this be the integrated infrared controller? Can you give me any hints/tips where to start best, what to read first? I know this seems to be very difficult, but I have quite some free time that I don't want to spend playing bzflag all night long, so I think this is a great way to learn something. Thanks for your advice, Felix