PCMCIA support in Kernel?

[trapanator]

It is possible to compile PCMCIA support for Dreambox in the Kernel?

The slot is for Common Interface, which is same as PCMCIA.

But if I want to insert a gprs card, it should work? I must recompile kernel with PCMCIA?

[obi]

CI is not PCMCIA. It won't work.

[L-Mo]

Hi!

Sorry, for reviving such an old theme.

But is it for real impossible?

Afaik, CI is hardware compatible to PCMCIA - it's even possible to flash a CICAM in the PCMCIA slot of your notebook (well known for these, who remember Irdeto-CAM times...)

So, even if the CI slot perhaps is no 100% PCMCIA to the kernel, shouldn't it be plausible, to work around the "little difference"?

It would be an very exciting point for users of dbox2.
Connection of keyboard, mouse, 100MBit LAN and so on could be with it...

And - voila - an 80€ cheap multimedia center, which doesnt let any wished unfilled

bye

[Liontamer]

PCMCIA is downwardly compatible to CI. But CI is NOT upward compatible to PCMCIA, cause CI use less pins than PCMCIA.