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Date:      Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:15:24 +0100
From:      Thiemo Nordenholz <listmember@thiemo.net>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Writing a driver for a card reader controller - how?
Message-ID:  <20051128121524.GA71920@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051125.233821.59680423.imp@bsdimp.com>
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> to find on the mmc web site.  These registers are standard, and I
> anticipate that FreeBSD will have a mmc-bus layer that interacts with
> these things.  My initial take on the newbus hierarchy will look
> something like:
[ ... ]
> Where each bridge driver takes care of providing a standard inteface
> to the mmcbus layer.  That layer would provide the means to do
> transfers and the like.  mmcf would be the interface presented to the
> user for mmc flash cards.

So I suppose I put my driver hacking attempts on the back burner for now and
wait for that mmc framework to be designed?

I still wonder why I cannot really talk with the chip in my notebook,
though. Maybe one day someone crafts a driver for it where I can see how
it's done the right way...

Best wishes,
  Thiemo

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