On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:52:48AM -0400, Dan Pilone wrote:
> Previously written in blue crayon:
> > On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 11:16:37AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > Anybody got any news on the "non-eject" version of the SDDR-05?
> > > > Anything I can help with? I can hack, although my time for such things
> >
> > The problem is that the manufacturer of the core chipset won't release
> > information about the programming interface for these chips. No
> > communication with these devices is possible.
>
> Is this the same issue with the smartmedia version? I saw
> your post about supporting SanDisk and agreed, so ran out and bought
> the smartmedia usb reader. Only when it didn't work did I go back and
> reread your post to find that only a certain one is supported. I
> willing to work on the driver for the smartmedia one but is this in
> the same "Vendor Not interested" category? -- Dan
Yes and no. SanDisk themselves would love to help, but they are restricted
by the agreement they signed with the chip vendor. The vendor is still
debating internally if they will release specs.
Matt Dharm
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