From: Lauri Kasanen <cand@gmx.com>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de,
axboe@kernel.dk, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] block: Add n64 cart driver
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:27:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210104182720.48a9d74b2b55f5978735eaba@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210104161332.GC1024941@dhcp-10-100-145-180.wdc.com>
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:13:32 -0800
Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> wrote:
> > The media is read-only (but not runtime removable).
>
> It's been a while, but I could swear we can save state on these carts.
> If so, it sounds like that must be separate from the media this driver
> is accessing, so is that capability provided through a different driver?
Saving uses a separate mechanism, and there are several depending on
what type of cart it is (no saves, flash, eeprom, or sram). If the cart
has no save possibility, there is an optional memory card attached to
the joypad controller.
Currently there is no driver for any of these.
- Lauri
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-04 16:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-04 13:50 [PATCH 6/6] block: Add n64 cart driver Lauri Kasanen
2021-01-04 15:40 ` Jens Axboe
2021-01-04 15:43 ` Lauri Kasanen
2021-01-04 15:49 ` Jens Axboe
2021-01-04 15:56 ` Lauri Kasanen
2021-01-04 16:07 ` Jens Axboe
2021-01-04 15:49 ` Keith Busch
2021-01-04 16:01 ` Lauri Kasanen
2021-01-04 16:13 ` Keith Busch
2021-01-04 16:27 ` Lauri Kasanen [this message]
2021-01-04 16:28 ` Jens Axboe
2021-01-04 16:42 ` Lauri Kasanen
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2020-12-25 17:01 Lauri Kasanen
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