On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 7:38 PM Wol <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote:
> On 09/06/2023 23:50, Lee wrote: > > Modern kernels support damn near everything these days, the trick is > > finding the right things to enable in the kernel! 😀 > > > They can't support stuff if the hardware can't ... > > My first reaction was exactly that. I doubt the hardware is a true > SD-card reader, they're pretty ancient. The Inspiron 5759 in which the card reader finds itseif is ancient, circa 2015 if I have the date right. Don’t know what a “true” sd card reader is, but appropriate kernel config renders cards readable and writeable. Enough functionality for me. > > > Good to know it all works, but if you're sticking a new card in an old > reader, they may not be compatible. Don’t know what constitutes new/old, but these are <1 year old cards. Satisfied with empiric evidence that it all works. Have written mp3 files to this card and played them via Arduino/attached mp3 board. Sufficient for my purposes. Amazed that it all works! (Pushing beyond my comfort level with card reader/Arduino/mp3 board/wiring all this stuff together.) So… have been using Gentoo for 20+ years. Have gradually morphed from numerical analysis to sound processing to photography to elaborate wikis to modern languages (go) to microcontroller stuff. Gentoo has supported me throughout the journey, even as I’ve pushed way past my areas of expertise. Gentoo always seems to support what I want to do, provides documentation, and comes with a community that can point the way when I’ve confused myself. Best computing environment ever. Thanks to every one making it possible! John Blinka > >
