Hi Grant, hi list,
I know this has been asked before (1999/2000 ;->), yet perhaps there
are solutions available in the meantime.
I have (access to) a Compact Flash card reader. It is named DataFab
MDCFE-SR ( http://www.datafabusa.com/productpage/mdcfe-sr.htm ), is
connected via the parallel port (wouldn't you have guessed), and hosts
a chipset SMC/Shuttle EP1284-01.
On Win95, it is presented as a SCSI device, but I assume that's a
Windows driver issue, and I really shouldn't be looking for ppSCSI
support. ;-)
I found very few references at all on the Web to this chipset and
Linux. A few questions were indeed posed on this list:
- one where someone had even got it running, but couldn't find a
partition
( http://gear.torque.net/parport/archive/current/1546.html )
- one where Grant had answered that he hadn't looked into Compact Flash
support all that much yet
( http://gear.torque.net/parport/archive/current/1281.html ).
This was about that "special magic" required.
I tried everything along the instruction that come with the Linux
kernel (2.4.19-rc1-ac2 right now), i.e. Documentation/paride.txt. I
compiled all protocol modules, inserted them (successfully) and then did
# insmod pd verbose=1
without any autodetect success. (I do believe EPAT or EPIA would be
correct, either way.) I guess this reflects Grant's remark in
http://gear.torque.net/parport/archive/current/1281.html .
But to my astonishment, this Shuttle chipset is even mentioned in the
kernel config (
http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/Configure.help#L1575 ):
<QUOTE>
Shuttle EPAT c7/c8 extension
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPATC8
This option enables support for the newer Shuttle EP1284 (aka c7 and
c8) chip. You need this if you are using any recent Imation SuperDisk
(LS-120) drive.
</QUOTE>
Okay, mine doesn't call itself C7 or C7, but at least the chipset is
correct.
Any hints? Has Grant progressed any? Or anyone else? I know these
devices are currently being obsoleted by USB, but I'd still love some
legacy support. :)
Anything I can do to debug and help? (I have no VMware, sorry. DOS
driver? Dunno.)
Furthermore:
Is there anything special to consider when connecting the parport
device daisychained? I have a printer looped through the DataFab
connector, but have it switched off when trying to access the reader
(right now).
Thanks in advance,
best greetings from Germany,
Moritz
P.S.: The relevant hypermail archive article numbers are:
0974, 1274, 1281, 1535, 1546, 2145, 2544, 2545, 2546
Saves you some searching, perhaps. ;)
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