Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:13:33 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: nz@thiemo.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X300 + USB DVD/CDRW + SD Card problem Message-ID: <20041022.091333.86012134.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20041022132034.GA13342@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net> References: <41790747.7040300@nikiforov.ru> <20041022132034.GA13342@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net>
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Thiemo Nordenholz <nz@thiemo.net> writes:
: > But when i try to insert my SD Card (256MB Transcend) i have the following:
: > Oct 22 17:10:20 latitude kernel: cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
:
: Are SD cards supported by any free OS at all?
I've had reports of pcmcia adapters working, as well as first hand
experience with a usb adapter working. There has been one report of
SD reader connected via an ATA interface to a cardbus bridge that
works, but I've not been able to confirm it directly.
: I have recently started working on support for a SD card reader in my HP
: Pavilion but then noticed very quickly that there seems to be no SD card
: specification available unless an NDA with the SD Card Association...
That's not entirely true. You can get a slightly redacted version w/o
one:
http://www.sdcard.org/sd_memorycard/index.html
: So I suppose reading SD cards directly on fBSD is just not possible -- my
: suggestion would be an external card reader, usually USB. Please do correct
: me if this is wrong, and I'd be happy go on searching for a way to access
: Winbond W83L51xD Cardreaders.
There, you are right.
Warner
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