[Wbsd-devel] Ricoh R5C576A (controller in the ibm x40)

[Andreas V. Meier]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:54:38PM +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> Andreas V. Meier wrote:
> > Is somebody here more diplomatic than me, or has someone maybe contacts
> > to Ricoh or IBM? I am willing to put some development effort into this
> > as I own a x40 and would like to see the device running.
> A specification is the right way do go. It's feasible to disassemble the
> windows drivers but it's a real pain and will not leave much room for
> bug fixes and optimisations.

Ok, just as an update, I've replied to the message I got explaining my
issue more at length. I've meanwhile also been contacted by a freebsd
kernel developer who will (or has) also sent an inquiry about that.
So far I haven't heard anything. Might be a good sign (the issue beeing
discussed at lengthy meetings ;)

> Good look. We can sure use support for more readers in Linux =)
Yup, definitely.
I am going to Russia for two weeks after easter, if I have no reply
until then I'll think about how to disassemble the windows driver.

Ciao

Andreas
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