[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Where to discuss 770 problems.. - memory card failure

[From: Frantisek Dufka]

Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote:
> Sorry I was little confused about this: the 770 cannot use normal size
> MMCs because the kernel does not recognize the MMC until the signal from
> the MMC cover comes (when it's closed). So, the kernel would need to be
> modified to poll for MMC even when the MMC cover is open before you can
> use full-size MMCs; but that would eat more battery as well...

Oh, that's unfortunate. Polling is bad, I agree, can you implement some 
trigger file in procfs or sysfs so one can use echo >/proc/somefile to 
trigger the event? It can be useful even for people who break their MMC 
slot door.

Best regards
Frantisek