From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng v2.17 (stable) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:20:39 -0800 Message-ID: <4B4CA157.8060906@zytor.com> References: <20100108093302.GS1969@nb.net.home> <4B47A713.9060405@zytor.com> <20100111140255.GA1416@ucw.cz> <20100112071931.GA18822@logfs.org> <4B4C308C.6020804@zytor.com> <20100112093755.GB18822@logfs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Pavel Machek , Karel Zak , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cm4gRW5nZWw=?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100112093755.GB18822-PCqxUs/MD9bYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org> Sender: util-linux-ng-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 01/12/2010 01:37 AM, J=C3=B6rn Engel wrote: > On Tue, 12 January 2010 00:19:24 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> I believe for Smartmedia the FTL is done host side, but that there i= s a >> standard-specified FTL (called CIS, Card Information System.) > > A CIS block/page is part of the FTL design. Not sure whether it also > lends its name to it. I'll just take your word for it. > > Whether the FTL is done host side depends on the card reader and your > definition of host side. Most old card readers implemented it in the > driver, but some newer ones prefer to export a usb mass storage > interface, thereby not requiring any driver CD. > "Host side" in this case means "not on the card". The electrical=20 interface to Smartmedia is, indeed, raw NAND. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng= " in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html