UltraPort Compact Flash Adapter

IBM UltraPort Compact Flash Adapter This is a Compact Flash Card Reader for the IBM UltraPort. It can also be connected to any USB port by using the included cable. Features Compatible with CF I, CF II and MicroDrive cards (3.3V and 5V) Transfer rates up to 900KB/s reading and up to 470KB/s writing UltraPort and USB interfaces

IBM Partnumbers

IBM FRU PN: 19K4510

Linux driver

The Compact Flash Card Reader is accessable via the USB Mass Storage driver, just like a usual USB memory stick.

Since the USB Mass Storage driver is SCSI based you'll need SCSI support in your kernel. Enable the following options:

CONFIG_SCSI → [M] → SCSI device support → SCSI device support → Device Drivers CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD → [M] → SCSI disk support → SCSI device support → Device Drivers CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG → [M] → SCSI generic support → SCSI device support → Device Drivers

Furthermore, enable USB support: CONFIG_USB → <M> → Support for Host-side USB → USB support → Device Drivers CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS → [*] → USB device file system → USB support → Device Drivers

Choose an appropriate USB host driver, one of: CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD → <M> → ECHI HCD (USB 2.0) support → USB support → Device Drivers CONFIG_USB_UHCI → <M> → UHCI HCD support → USB support → Device Drivers CONFIG_USB_OHCI → <M> → OHCI HCD support → USB support → Device Drivers

Finally, enable the USB Mass Storage driver: CONFIG_USB_STORAGE → <M> → USB Mass Storage support → USB support → Device Drivers

NOTE!

Make sure that the Low Performance USB Block Driver (BLK_DEV_UB) is disabled. It would prevent the whole thing from working correctly.

Compile your kernel with these options (don't forget # depmod -ae) and reboot or just load the relevant modules (scsi, sd_mod, sg, usb, usb-ehci/usb-uhci/usb-ohci, usb-storage). If you didn't already, plug in the card reader and insert a CF card.

Do a # cat /proc/bus/usb/devices to asure yourself that your card reader is recognized by the USB subsystem.

Now also check if the USB Mass Storage driver is working properly by doing a # cat /proc/scsi/scsi.

Usually, your card reader will be associated with /dev/sda and hence it's first (and mostly only partition) will be /dev/sda1. You can check that using the sg3_utils.

You may want to put an entry in your /etc/fstab, i.e. with the above assumtions:

/dev/sda1   /media/cf   auto   noauto,users    0  0

That's it. Your card reader should be working now.

ThinkPads this addon is suitable for

• A20p, A21p, A22p, A30p, A31p
• T20, T21, T22, T23
• X20, X21, X22, X23, X24