David G. Miller wrote: > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >> Hello people! >> >> I'm using FC 6 with 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 kernel. I'm trying to use my >> card reader. First of all, some information: >> >> <-------------------[ SNIP ]------------------------> > >> >> But when I insert the card, nothing happens (accordint to dmesg). I >> read once that maybe some setpci stuff is needed but I don't know >> exactly what to do... man setpci is not very helpful. >> I do not know what it would be for the Winbond chip set. I know the commands for the TI chipset, but they are not going to be the same. >> >> Thanks in advance > Is this a built in SD card reader on a laptop or some kind of external > reader with say a USB interface? I very recently researched getting the > SD card reader on my laptop to read SD cards under Linux (of any flavor) > and found out that the interface specification for SD is "encumbered" > (patents, copyright) in such a way that it is doubtful that an open > source Linux driver can be legally provided. Things may have changed or > I could have missed something but that's what I found. A USB device > should hide such details from Linux and just present a mass storage > interface. > > Cheers, > Dave > I think thing have changed, because I can use the SD reader in my laptop that used the TI chipset. I did have to run a command on startup that would turn off the Multi-Media reader, and turn on the SD reader, but I am not sure if that is still necessary. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
