[sclug] GNU on handhelds

Matt matt at bodgit-n-scarper.com
Fri May 28 17:28:00 UTC 2004


On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 17:16, James Packham wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 17:00, erik.chakravarty at accenture.com wrote:
> > Find out if I can mount an SD card, and if so how... I know MMC is supported but there may be problems with SD - Graham?
> 
> Out of interest: 
> 
>   I read in an article on Linux for Laptops (I think it was in LXF) that
> SD compatibility problems are to do with patent issues. Is this true?  

It's certainly the case with the Zaurus and OpenZaurus, the driver for
the SD slot uses a binary-only driver.

Possibly why I prefer Compact Flash out of the two.

Matt



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