From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 23 02:12:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084CE16A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:12:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC60843D45 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:12:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so208112rnk for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=qd+FMy0MLcwI4Qeef4obuGvl6Cib1beR5P9i/eSCbi4jA6PqO7jj9ukfgNngnRqNZLn0F80YAyIBgN5vICs2TjzwauH13bOP2Q9BX6Ufr3YvLA+w3NH1JzjGlS5cDjejVNBtStij2BGsluOXg29C+28p8/lrkfMvePaP+/mfQFs= Received: by 10.38.89.58 with SMTP id m58mr18993rnb; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.15.69 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:12:03 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard To: Tobias Roth In-Reply-To: <20041022132939.GA2212@droopy.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41790747.7040300@nikiforov.ru> <20041022132034.GA13342@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net> <20041022132200.GB13342@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net> <20041022132939.GA2212@droopy.unibe.ch> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SD card readers [was: X300 + USB DVD/CDRW + SD Card problem] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Kjeldergaard List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:12:04 -0000 On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:29:39 +0200, Tobias Roth wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 03:22:00PM +0200, Thiemo Nordenholz wrote: > > > > Are SD cards supported by any free OS at all? > > > > 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... > > > > 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. > > any suggestions for such a device? i am about to buy a new digicam and > the one i was looking at works with SD cards. my old cam used cf, those > cards i was able to read with an el-cheapo pcmcia cf card reader. > > any chance there is a similar, supported device for SD cards? if not, > what other (cheap) devices, eg USB readers, would work? > You happen to be in luck :p. I just acquired such a device and am LOVING it. I got myself a Lexar JumpDrive Trio which handles SD and MemSticks only, but is tiny like a jumpdrive. I toss the SD card in and can put it in my pocket. It's at walmart or newegg for (IIRC) ~20 USD. It's USB 2.0 enabled so its transfers are pretty speedy. I must say that I recommend it pretty highly. I was after one for my laptop so portability was high on my list, so maybe if you are at a desktop machine you would want something larger or that handles more formats. Almost irregardless, though, the usb SD readers just register as usb mass storage devices and are remarkably standard. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.