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← Older revision		Revision as of 15:10, 10 May 2011
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	much thanks to zucchini for the help		much thanks to zucchini for the help
		+	[[Category:Didj]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:17, 12 September 2010
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	on your device.		on your device.
		+	Note: depmod is only included in the busybox on the explorer kernel.

	'''Reboot the device with the kernel you just compiled (it is now enabled for the mmc device modules).'''		'''Reboot the device with the kernel you just compiled (it is now enabled for the mmc device modules).'''

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:31, 29 July 2010
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	'''As these drivers haven't been through extensive testing you should backup any important information on the card before use.		'''As these drivers haven't been through extensive testing you should backup any important information on the card before use.

		+	'''Applies to the 2.6.31 kernel only

	Here are the files you will need		Here are the files you will need

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:30, 29 July 2010
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−	The original source code for the MMC drivers that were released for the LX were not completed but lucky for us there was a patch included that finishes them to a usable state.	+	The original source code for the MMC drivers that were released for the 2.6.31 (LX) kernel were not completed but lucky for us there was a patch included that finishes them to a usable state.

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 [http://wtfmoogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mmc_patch_lf1000-sdio.patch mmc_patch_lf1000-sdio.patch]
-to apply these patches just copy them to /drivers/mmc/host/
+To apply these patches just copy them to /drivers/mmc/host/ and type the following
 and type the following
   patch lf1000_mmc.c < mmc_patch_lf1000-sdio.patch
   patch Kconfig < mmc_patch_Kconfig.patch
-now when you do a make menuconfig build the MMC drivers as modules by typing the following:
+Now, when you do a make menuconfig, under Device Drivers, enable:
   make -j Number of cpu cores+1

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 and your modules will be in /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog on your system ready for you to copy them over
-it is best to copy them to /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/
+on the device, it is best to copy them to /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/
 and then run:

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 on your device.
-when you want to mount a card simply type the following to load the modules
+'''Reboot the device with the kernel you just compiled (it is now enabled for the mmc device modules).'''
   modprobe lf1000_mmc
   modprobe mmc_block
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   mmcblk0:
   p1
-and to mount the card type
   mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt

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-'''Notice: Hot swapping is not supported yet and may lead to data loss in the event that the card is not unmounted before it is removed.'''
+'''Notice: Hot swapping is not supported yet and may lead to data loss in the event that the card is not unmounted before it is removed.
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   patch Kconfig < mmc_patch_Kconfig.patch
-now when you do a make menuconfig build the MMC drivers as modules then
+now when you do a make menuconfig build the MMC drivers as modules by typing the following:
   make -j Number of cpu cores+1
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 it is best to copy them to /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/
-when you want to mount a card simply type
+when you want to mount a card simply type the following to load the modules
   modprobe /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/host/lf1000_mmc.ko
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   mmcblk0:
   p1
-to mount the card type
+and to mount the card type
   mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt
-and you have access to the files on your micro sd card now in the /mnt directory
+and you will then have access to the files on your micro sd card in the /mnt directory
 to unmount the card simply type

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 The original source code for the MMC drivers that were released for the LX were not completed but lucky for us there was a patch included that finishes them to a usable state.
 Here are the files you will need
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 to apply these patches just copy them to /drivers/mmc/host/
-and type the fallowing
+and type the following
   patch lf1000_mmc.c < mmc_patch_lf1000-sdio.patch
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 it is best to copy them to /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/
-when you want to mount a card simply
+when you want to mount a card simply type
   modprobe /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/host/lf1000_mmc.ko
   modprobe /lib/modules/2.6.31-leapfrog/kernel/drivers/mmc/card/mmc_block.ko
-you will then see something like the fallowing
+you will then see something like the following
   mmcblk0: mmc0:0002 00000 3.82 GiB
   mmcblk0:
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   umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
 much thanks to zucchini for the help