Re: [RFC][PATCH] MMC: Major restructuring and cleanup

From: Philip Langdale
Date: Sun Jan 14 2007 - 19:38:59 EST


Pierre Ossman wrote:
>
> Eeeeww... This is a problem as the SD spec. clearly states the order of
> init commands. So I wouldn't be surprised if we find SD cards that choke
> on the MMC init sequence.
>
> I guess what we lose by not supporting these is 8 bit data bus, but as
> we do not currently have a controller for that I think the point is moot.

Hrm. Even the MMC 4.1 App Note describes a unified init sequence where SD is
checked first.

So, these cards are essentially useless then. The number of hosts that support
MMC 4 but not SD can probably be counted on no hands. :-)

--phil
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