svn commit: r42239 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Gabor Pali pgj at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jul 10 21:40:24 UTC 2013


Author: pgj
Date: Wed Jul 10 21:40:23 2013
New Revision: 42239
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42239

Log:
  - Prepend an introductory sentence for the SDIO driver entry
  
  Submitted by:	theraven

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml	Wed Jul 10 21:37:57 2013	(r42238)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml	Wed Jul 10 21:40:23 2013	(r42239)
@@ -1878,11 +1878,15 @@ functionality through <tt>pkg(8)</tt>.</
     </links>
 
     <body>
-      <p>The driver is implemented as an extension to the existing MMC
-	bus, adding a lot of new SDIO-specific bus methods.  Getting
-	information about the card works, including querying all the
-	supported I/O functions.  Simple byte transfers and multi-byte
-	reads work.</p>
+      <p>SDIO is an interface designed as an extension for the existing
+	SD card standard, to allow connecting different peripherals to the
+	host with the standard SD controller.  Peripherals currently
+	sold at the general market include WLAN/BT modules, cameras,
+	fingerprint readers, barcode scanners.  The driver is
+	implemented as an extension to the existing MMC bus, adding a
+	lot of new SDIO-specific bus methods.  Getting information about
+	the card works, including querying all the supported I/O
+	functions.  Simple byte transfers and multi-byte reads work.</p>
 
       <p>A prototype of the driver for Marvell SDIO WLAN/BT module is
 	also being developed, using the existing Linux driver as a


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