SD card reader (Winbond)
javajunkie
javajunkie at koyuru.com
Thu Feb 8 08:58:06 UTC 2007
> > 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.
Hmmn, that doesn't sound right to me. Though I am not using a laptop.
> A USB device
> > should hide such details from Linux and just present a mass storage
> > interface.
That is how I use mine, as a usb storage device.
I've used several kinds and they all mounted as usb storage. (internal
on a desktop) External connected via usb so of course was usb storage.
Heck even miniSD works fine out of the box on FC6. I've had it working
since RH9 I believe.
What do you see in dmesg? I know you said nothing when you inserted the
card but even empty mine show something. try dmesg | grep usb
Shawn
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