Re: Zio! compactflash doesn't work

From: Matthew Dharm (mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 12:52:07 EST


On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:58:56AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:09:01PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:52:13AM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > I have a Microtech CompactFlash ZiO! USB
> > > > > > > P: Vendor=04e6 ProdID=1010 Rev= 0.05
> > > > > > > S: Manufacturer=SHUTTLE
> > > > > > > S: Product=SCM Micro USBAT-02
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > but it does not show up in /dev; this is in 2.6.0-pre1. (It never
> > > > > > > worked in 2.4 either.) config is attached. Any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Linux doesn't currently support this device, sorry.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm. I think I recall seeing people happily using that.
> > > > > Do I misremember?
> > > > >
> > > > > Google gives
> > > > > http://www.scm-pc-card.de/service/linux/zio-cf.html
> > > > > and
> > > > > http://usbat2.sourceforge.net/
> > > >
> > > > In looking at the kernel source, I don't see support for this device. I
> > > > do see support for others like it, but with different product ids.
> > >
> > > Zio! apparently makes multiple CF readers. Some of them are supported, but
> > > this particular one is not, and likely never will be.
> >
> > This particular one has support on the place indicated.
> > Do you mean that that driver will never get into the vanilla kernel?
> > And no other driver ever will? Funny.
>
> No, I'm not saying that :)
> In looking at the patch, if Matt agrees that it's ok to apply I will. I
> didn't see anything too bad in there.

Apparently these guys made more progess than I thought. Last time I talked
to them there seemed to be the general opinion that a driver would never
get done.

However, if you read the web page, it sounds like they're really not ready
to have this merged into the mainstream kernel. I don't like to merge
things before their authors want them merged.

I don't really have any objection to the 2.4 patch, but the 2.5 patch needs
some serious cleanup before it gets applied.

Matt

-- 
Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net 
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

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