* supporting DiskOnChip G3
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@ 2004-12-15 7:05 ` Ara Avanesyan
2004-12-15 10:03 ` David Woodhouse
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From: Ara Avanesyan @ 2004-12-15 7:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mtd
Hi there,
Do you have any plans to supporting DOC G3 and/or newer devices in MTD?
Thanks,
Ara
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* Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
2004-12-15 10:03 ` David Woodhouse
@ 2004-12-15 9:54 ` jasmine
2004-12-15 10:12 ` Ara Avanesyan
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From: jasmine @ 2004-12-15 9:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Woodhouse; +Cc: Ara Avanesyan, linux-mtd
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:05 +0400, Ara Avanesyan wrote:
>> Do you have any plans to supporting DOC G3 and/or newer devices in MTD?
>
> We have no access to the documentation required.
"Hello and welcome to 'It's the Mind'. Tonight on 'It's the Mind', we'll
be exploring deja vu."
-J.
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* Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
2004-12-15 7:05 ` supporting DiskOnChip G3 Ara Avanesyan
@ 2004-12-15 10:03 ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-15 9:54 ` jasmine
2004-12-15 10:12 ` Ara Avanesyan
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From: David Woodhouse @ 2004-12-15 10:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ara Avanesyan; +Cc: linux-mtd
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:05 +0400, Ara Avanesyan wrote:
> Do you have any plans to supporting DOC G3 and/or newer devices in MTD?
We have no access to the documentation required.
--
dwmw2
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* Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
2004-12-15 10:03 ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-15 9:54 ` jasmine
@ 2004-12-15 10:12 ` Ara Avanesyan
2004-12-15 10:24 ` David Woodhouse
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From: Ara Avanesyan @ 2004-12-15 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Woodhouse; +Cc: linux-mtd
David,
thanks for the answer.
the documentation is the easiest part;)
http://www.m-systems.com/files/documentation/doc/DOC_G3_512Mb_1Gb_Rev2.0.pdf
so now you have the doc, means you have plans to support it?:)
please advise,
thanks,
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Ara Avanesyan" <araav@hylink.am>
Cc: <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:05 +0400, Ara Avanesyan wrote:
>> Do you have any plans to supporting DOC G3 and/or newer devices in MTD?
>
> We have no access to the documentation required.
>
> --
> dwmw2
>
>
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* Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
2004-12-15 10:12 ` Ara Avanesyan
@ 2004-12-15 10:24 ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-16 11:00 ` Ara Avanesyan
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From: David Woodhouse @ 2004-12-15 10:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ara Avanesyan; +Cc: linux-mtd
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 14:12 +0400, Ara Avanesyan wrote:
> David,
>
> thanks for the answer.
> the documentation is the easiest part;)
> http://www.m-systems.com/files/documentation/doc/DOC_G3_512Mb_1Gb_Rev2.0.pdf
Oh, that's interesting. They always used to be very cagey about their
documentation. I'm glad to see they're making progress -- at first
glance it looks like we ought to be able to support the device with that
information.
That would be enough for using YAFFS or JFFS2 on it; if the translation
layer isn't INFTL (as I suspect it isn't) then we'd also need docs on
the new translation layer too, if we want to use it in DOS-compatible
mode.
> so now you have the doc, means you have plans to support it?:)
Yeah -- given some sample hardware and a few spare weeks of spare time,
I'd be happy to play :)
It shouldn't be _that_ hard to make a driver for it which uses the core
NAND code. See the existing drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c for
inspiration and turn up on #mtd of irc.freenode.net. If you're willing
and capable then we can help you do it -- but if it turns out to be as
much work to talk you through it as it would be to do it ourselves, then
it's not going to work too well :)
--
dwmw2
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* Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
2004-12-15 10:24 ` David Woodhouse
@ 2004-12-16 11:00 ` Ara Avanesyan
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From: Ara Avanesyan @ 2004-12-16 11:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Woodhouse; +Cc: linux-mtd
ohh, actually I'm noob in the low level world but in any case I have to do
this porting. accidentally, is there any good book/material that explains
the mtd structure etc so i won't loose too much time exploring the source
code blindly... actually i'm doing it for two days already:)
hey, thanks for a great answer!
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Ara Avanesyan" <araav@hylink.am>
Cc: <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: supporting DiskOnChip G3
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 14:12 +0400, Ara Avanesyan wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> thanks for the answer.
>> the documentation is the easiest part;)
>> http://www.m-systems.com/files/documentation/doc/DOC_G3_512Mb_1Gb_Rev2.0.pdf
>
> Oh, that's interesting. They always used to be very cagey about their
> documentation. I'm glad to see they're making progress -- at first
> glance it looks like we ought to be able to support the device with that
> information.
>
> That would be enough for using YAFFS or JFFS2 on it; if the translation
> layer isn't INFTL (as I suspect it isn't) then we'd also need docs on
> the new translation layer too, if we want to use it in DOS-compatible
> mode.
>
>> so now you have the doc, means you have plans to support it?:)
>
> Yeah -- given some sample hardware and a few spare weeks of spare time,
> I'd be happy to play :)
>
> It shouldn't be _that_ hard to make a driver for it which uses the core
> NAND code. See the existing drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c for
> inspiration and turn up on #mtd of irc.freenode.net. If you're willing
> and capable then we can help you do it -- but if it turns out to be as
> much work to talk you through it as it would be to do it ourselves, then
> it's not going to work too well :)
>
> --
> dwmw2
>
>
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