Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:51:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Flash card support Message-ID: <199811280051.QAA01746@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Nov 1998 17:27:07 MST." <199811280027.RAA14896@harmony.village.org>
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> In message <199811280021.QAA01540@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: > : I think the PAO folks have Flash ATA support going. Apart from that > : and the M-Systems disk-on-chip stuff, I think the cupboard is bare. > > I have 4 "4MB Flash Memory" cards, three by AMP (AMP INCORPORATED, > FLASH SERIES-1"), and a fourth by Panasonic that is labeled F-EEPROM > BN-04MHFR and a ICMC V4.0 as well as a lot of Japanese warnings about > how to use (and not abuse) this card). > > Looks like I'll have to write a driver for this stuff. > > Any ideas if there is a free Flash File System implementation around? Not as far as I'm aware. You would want to be compatible with FTL (Flash Translation Layer), which is based on M-Systems' TrueFFS, which is very tightly controlled. FTL was pulled from the PCCARD '95 spec (because of patent issues with M-systems), but their blurb says that it's now included. It looks like it's time for us to get a new copy of the spec (perhaps a subscription even). (I've checked in the stuff that Nate loaned me, and it's not there, sorry.) If you're interested in doing this, pester me again when I get back from Australia (try around the 20th or so) and I'll get onto it. We've been meaning to do this for a while now. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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