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Re: sd card question



* Jeff Elkins (jeffelkins@earthlink.net) wrote:
> On Thursday 23 October 2003 11:24 am, Klaus Weidner wrote:
> >On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:52:58AM -0400, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> >> I don't understand why a proprietary closed sd card driver is required,
> >> when 'ordinary' linux can see them in a card reader. What am I missing
> >> here?
> >
> >Because the card reader contains the SD driver, and simulates an IDE
> >drive via PCMCIA (or whatever other protocol it uses).
> >
> >-Klaus
> 
> Thanks. Too bad the Zaurus isn't as smart as a $20 card reader...

Intelligence isnt the problem here.
--
Chris Larson - kergoth at handhelds dot org
Embedded Linux Developer - clarson at ti dot com
OpenZaurus Project Maintainer - http://openzaurus.org/



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