From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3876CC433E0 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:27:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C46224DE for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727722AbhADQ1S (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:27:18 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:33961 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727522AbhADQ1R (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:27:17 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1609777542; bh=CDNGOwP9TM0DOdFMPBqhwZowdR/yhxNQD6C84wLQ38k=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=inhErgRjHXQK/4P+7c/qqGK1VUS4HzH5rR+IAmYBzPzMWcAO2FbOH8xDTjZZmeH7N CDGwS7cb/srL65WGEX9kWu+3Pjf9zI7IYpWhGBEPzTZe7AUUVehuYqr3aYID4Qv9gB PR/+3jp4YbR7KphSdsmEuNjI7356vNtW/+p+2D/M= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from Valinor ([82.128.181.212]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.184]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1N5VDE-1juFLz47b8-0171CA; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:25:42 +0100 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:27:20 +0200 From: Lauri Kasanen To: Keith Busch 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 Message-Id: <20210104182720.48a9d74b2b55f5978735eaba@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <20210104161332.GC1024941@dhcp-10-100-145-180.wdc.com> References: <20210104155031.9b4e39ff48a6d7accc93461d@gmx.com> <20210104154902.GA1024941@dhcp-10-100-145-180.wdc.com> <20210104180115.b1d5438cd4ee21efcd557976@gmx.com> <20210104161332.GC1024941@dhcp-10-100-145-180.wdc.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.18.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:GBEgToGuOetdmPOqcMXXTrtguJGwqqP5HvVUXAifGdSFTAgX5J1 WE9gwxZnR3BCIhB6UIovGCaiVZCRWuLrisEcVL/8yZq8eAPFqSB8rqJB9GGUns0o5YkydGu 30JmKFGoqFi28zlGhzu1V1yN4+jJObKT2jODAEXPR7gkQCIEpeOO/VloY3qG397AEqVgSzu Ov+LFNG+Dpwcgse92E2BQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:IZ+ISEV9vQw=:Uo9fu+0nJRmDK8sSo/N/lb dd4R9MyDwsZ3FOkUHPQyDY/Xi4ndH53occxwj9utEbLStWdkk3cjTmKUtqWJNgRzgcBMGAQqS jwAjKikeXWpgmaDOeTEK7qNNyYH75XTP1R8jCB47uWp0a1KZU41xjKhHRxqCS0AQ02IR5X1cM 97YzjO2uPP+vFQiGWGCrGvKXrjlzdxzn1T624aO+uzEvkcGNO+81hD11caWKSz5mbHO6VIr+L Zi+WmXCOosx57J0PDw0FkTUXyuHn1t3PdpI9SUZVR8VKgELeqWthjhNeb4k84beAq8H0yv1fe oGDCLxIWd1Vxj8gVcxaPCGraGISdLI0PjSLSQ0GOjAJz+sOa2JqLDnLemkkHfXxK14qOOun93 yt/Zny5UQwelW+xqPxX20JBsnW8h5PbTF+WEXslBCgNieT0aqYjbQN7FhqHZLJ55OeugEIXNN Pbb7/snuYb+hPrfjNwyjajcVSXr/u8CD54qEGz3zq3+l/wFLeCtWIeGx285tF/upTpKkmo+3r kmszNwOza6A6+ewOyZKggsXbvG+JBMAFSnOFBfjYn6FiDLXT13ZhP8bf3qynXaopAv6AQqgeq W8lIZernx7s99Ue0F+wfHlFeiqSiyvz12jHy4rTFUO6WGbfmfmZ/tEAR0TX4WdT6uCapC9kFh 3klgFzMHZnOwahn48VU9x00MP/91caqBDpVBALZeokvJSRPHBMaXdvwRo4l8AqhZM1KL49niT DOHjb+H0Y7w3JIQPdkYDWa/KIOZjn1Tzm7mGZnVwIe3SjOwnQGQlDdo3lD767gzUO1A6UoAR+ Zcu8mw1Aeqlf7IMyRYrj82UMWJzFoKR99KE8iqVz249AUrCsdTKC1nJ22JxwcvvwlYd/ncDEs 5lT3eMdcEMwx/DibS7wA== Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:13:32 -0800 Keith Busch 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