Hi Eddie -
--- In Eddie Dawydiuk <> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> > I don't think it will change the TS official stance (IMO). But
> > there are already community patches available to run modern
kernels
> > on TS boards (I'm using 2.6.23-rc3-rt9 on a TS-7250).
>
> Once the TS-7800 is shipping Technologic Systems will add support
for
> the 2.6 kernel on all TS-7xxx products.
Great news! Thanks Eddie.
>
> > Most features work OK on the TS boards, but the SD card is a
> > problem, and for the 7400, that's quite an issue. There is a TS
> > binary blob for SD card support that could be used for 2.6, but
no
> > one has written the wrapper. I guess no community members want
to
> > spend effort to support a binary blob, and so far, no commercial
TS
> > customers have commissioned a 2.6 wrapper.
>
> We have written a 2.6 block driver for the SD card, it still needs
to be
> tested further before it is officially released. Although, if
anyone is
> interested we could make this driver available before the official
> release...
More great news! (Well, good news anyway, given your NDA
situation.) I hope some TS-7400 owners using 2.6 take you up on
that. More testing the better.
> > There is SD support in the TS-7800, but I believe TS has stated
the
> > issues will be the same with their NDA, so I'm expecting a
binary
> > blob there too.
>
> In order to get the spec for the SD interface Technologic Systems
had to
> sign an NDA. Therefor Technologic Systems can't release the low
level
> read, write, and reset routines. Although the Linux block driver
is
> available...
Yes, I understand your situation, but I absolutely don't understand
the stance of the SD card association: It's almost like they want to
inhibit adoption. Why can't SD be like SCSI, where you pay for the
official SCSI spec, but the drivers are open?
Regards, ....... Charlie
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> ________________________________________________________________
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