Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:36:40AM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: Anyone got any idea how I can access the built-in sd card reader on my dell inspiron 6000 laptop? Is there anything in /var/log/messages? If not, try 'pciconf -lv', 'usbdevs' and 'camcontrol devlist -v' to see if it is on the PCI, USB or SCSI bus respectively. If you can't get it to work, the SanDisk SDDR-93 sd card reader is supposed to work with Linux, so using it with FreeBSD should be possible. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt pgpKtYQjfyM1B.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Monday 05 September 2005 11:04, Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:36:40AM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: Anyone got any idea how I can access the built-in sd card reader on my dell inspiron 6000 laptop? Is there anything in /var/log/messages? Not so far as I can see, nor in dmesg If not, try 'pciconf -lv', $ pciconf -lv snip/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:2: class=0x080501 card=0x01881028 chip=0x08221180 rev=0x17 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd' device = 'SD Bus Host Adapter' class= base peripheral Is that it? 'usbdevs just four empty sockets there and 'camcontrol devlist -v' Nothing there apart from the optical drive. to see if it is on the PCI, USB or SCSI bus respectively. So, PCI then? How do I go about my kernel config to get it detected? If you can't get it to work, the SanDisk SDDR-93 sd card reader is supposed to work with Linux, so using it with FreeBSD should be possible. I can get to the camera with its cable, though it's a bit slow - I just wanted the convenience of using the built-in reader, since it's there! Thanks a lot for your advice ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:24:33AM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: On Monday 05 September 2005 11:04, Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:36:40AM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: Anyone got any idea how I can access the built-in sd card reader on my dell inspiron 6000 laptop? Is there anything in /var/log/messages? Not so far as I can see, nor in dmesg If not, try 'pciconf -lv', $ pciconf -lv snip/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:2: class=0x080501 card=0x01881028 chip=0x08221180 rev=0x17 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd' device = 'SD Bus Host Adapter' class= base peripheral Is that it? I think so. According to the following page, http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc/insp6000/p-proc.html#sd it is a Ricoh R5c576A chip. Looking at the Ricoh page for this chip, http://www.ricoh.com/LSI/product_pcif/pcc/5c576a/ there seems to be no programming info available. AFAICT, there is no Linux driver either, but someone seems to be working on it: http://list.drzeus.cx/pipermail/wbsd-devel/2005-March/000261.html You could try contacting this person to see how far his efforts have come, and who the FreeBSD kernel developer is who is working on this. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt pgpFyelBWo4D3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Monday 05 September 2005 11:50, Roland Smith wrote: $ pciconf -lv snip/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:2: class=0x080501 card=0x01881028 chip=0x08221180 rev=0x17 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd' device = 'SD Bus Host Adapter' class= base peripheral Is that it? I think so. According to the following page, http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc/insp6000/p-proc.html#sd it is a Ricoh R5c576A chip. Looking at the Ricoh page for this chip, http://www.ricoh.com/LSI/product_pcif/pcc/5c576a/ there seems to be no programming info available. AFAICT, there is no Linux driver either, but someone seems to be working on it: http://list.drzeus.cx/pipermail/wbsd-devel/2005-March/000261.html You could try contacting this person to see how far his efforts have come, and who the FreeBSD kernel developer is who is working on this. Thanks a lot for your advice - I shall follow it, even if it is slightly dispiriting. Perhaps I should learn C properly and start writing some drivers... :-) Cheers, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
...PS - Thanks not just for your advice, but for putting in the effort to find this stuff out - I wouldn't have known where to start! Thanks, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:26:22PM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: Is that it? I think so. According to the following page, http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc/insp6000/p-proc.html#sd it is a Ricoh R5c576A chip. Looking at the Ricoh page for this chip, http://www.ricoh.com/LSI/product_pcif/pcc/5c576a/ there seems to be no programming info available. AFAICT, there is no Linux driver either, but someone seems to be working on it: http://list.drzeus.cx/pipermail/wbsd-devel/2005-March/000261.html You could try contacting this person to see how far his efforts have come, and who the FreeBSD kernel developer is who is working on this. Thanks a lot for your advice - I shall follow it, even if it is slightly dispiriting. Perhaps I should learn C properly and start writing some drivers... :-) Not that I want to discourage you, but that seems like a tall order. Apart from knowing C, you'd have to get familiar with the FreeBSD kernel and writing device drivers. I guess a driver for an SD card reader should be similar to the USB umass(4) driver. It should also handle disks by using the CAM transport layer and da(4) devices. If you are serious about writing a driver, I would recommend reading The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System by McKusick and Neville-Neil. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt pgp16A3fSGmbP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Internal SD card reader, Dell laptop
On Monday 05 September 2005 17:03, Roland Smith wrote: Thanks a lot for your advice - I shall follow it, even if it is slightly dispiriting. Perhaps I should learn C properly and start writing some drivers... :-) Not that I want to discourage you, but that seems like a tall order. Apart from knowing C, you'd have to get familiar with the FreeBSD kernel and writing device drivers. I'm not entirely serious - that is, it's certainly the Right Thing To Do, but I know my limitations as a programmer! Perhaps I'll start with something simpler. If you are serious about writing a driver, I would recommend reading The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System by McKusick and Neville-Neil. Good advice, once again! Thanks very much. Cheers, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
