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Title: Sdio Linux Drivers
Post by: johnmaximus on April 28, 2006, 07:43:24 am

Hi,
    Are there any freely available sdio drivers for ipaq or any other pda's?


Regards,
jo

Title: Sdio Linux Drivers
Post by: koen on April 28, 2006, 08:13:01 am

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Hi,
    Are there any freely available sdio drivers for ipaq or any other pda's?


Regards,
jo
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Title: Sdio Linux Drivers
Post by: johnmaximus on April 28, 2006, 08:34:00 am

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Hi,
    Are there any freely available sdio drivers for ipaq or any other pda's?


Regards,
jo
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Regards,
Jo

Title: Sdio Linux Drivers
Post by: speculatrix on April 28, 2006, 05:47:00 pm

as I understand it...

basically the problem is that SDIO is a proprietary extension to the SD standard and is locked down by copyright and non-disclosure agreements. Although people are said to have sdio working on linux, they are afraid of being sued if they release it.

the only sdio driver that's available is a specific one for a wifi card, it's a kernel 2.4.18 module (meaning sl-c860 & 760), done by c-guys, and it's reported to not be terribly robust.

embwise have an sdio driver stack and claim it's fully supported on linux, but no price is available. I have fired off an email to embwise to see if maybe we OESFers can negotiate a  group price but I just haven't had time to do anything.

hope this helps, sorry it's not good news