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From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD NAND flash driver
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On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:27:41 +0800
Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> wrote:

> Andrew Turner wrote:
> >> What about putting this information to the wiki? Seems like a good
> >> start for anyone who'll be working on the real hardware.
> >> And thanks again for the great work!
> >>     
> > I'm planning on doing this. I'm currently cleaning up the code
> > before getting the first hardware driver written.
> >   
> 
> I have Intel turbo memory in my laptop, so if you need some testing
> please let me know.
The Intel Turbo memory appears to be based on the Non-Volatile Memory
Host Controller Interface [1]. The NAND driver talks directly to
devices that approximate the ONFI spec so the NAND driver wouldn't be
able to talk to the Intel Turbo memory as far as I can tell.

Andrew

[1] http://www.intel.com/standards/nvmhci/index.htm
[2] http://onfi.org/